From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
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Gill's Exposition
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece,.... This last man had six sons; but only his youngest son wrought at this work, which is observed to…
The constant mention of “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple. Neh 3:18 Bavai -…
Adam Clarke
The horse gate - The place through which the horses passed in order to be watered; It was near the temple. Some rabbins suppose that in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to the…
The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it accordingly with a holy…
Cambridge Bible
From above R.V. Above. The word implies that the dwellingplaces of the priests stood on higher ground.
the horse gate This gate is mentioned 2Ki 11:16; 2Ch 23:15; Jer 31:40, where it seems to be…
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