The Makers and Teachers of Judaism eBook

Charles Foster Kent
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 462 pages of information about The Makers and Teachers of Judaism.

The Makers and Teachers of Judaism eBook

Charles Foster Kent
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 462 pages of information about The Makers and Teachers of Judaism.

[Sidenote:  Neh. 3:3-5] And the Fish Gate the sons of Hassenaah built; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.  And next to them Meremoth and Meshullam and Zadok and the Tekoites repaired the wall; but their nobles did not bend their necks in the service of their lord.

[Sidenote:  Neh. 3:6-12] And the Old Gate Joida repaired; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.  And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, which belongs to the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the River, repaired.  Next to him Uzziel, one of the goldsmiths, repaired.  And next to him Hananiah, one of those who prepare sweet ointments, repaired.  And they fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall.  And next to them Rephaiah, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.  And next to them Jedaiah repaired opposite his house.  And next to him Hattush and Malchijah and Hasshub repaired another section, even to the Tower of the Furnaces.  And next to him Shallum, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, together with its dependencies, repaired.

[Sidenote:  Neh. 3:13, 14] The Valley Gate Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and also built a thousand cubits of the wall to the Dung Gate.  And the Dung Gate Malchijah, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, together with his sons, repaired.

[Sidenote:  Neh. 3:15-27] And the Fountain Gate Shallun, the ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired; and he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and he also built the wall of the Pool of Siloam by the King’s Garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.  After him Nehemiah, the ruler of half the district of Bethzur, repaired to the place opposite the Sepulchres of David, even to the pool that was made and to the House of the Warriors.  After him Rehum the son of Bani repaired.  Next to him Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.  After him their kinsmen Bennui, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired.  And next to him Ezer, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the bend in the wall.  After him Baruch repaired from the bend in the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.  After him Meremoth repaired another section, from the entrance to the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.  And after him the priests, the men of the Plain of the Jordan, repaired.  After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house.  After them Azariah repaired beside his own house.  After him Binnui repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the bend in the wall and to the corner.  After him Palal repaired opposite the bend and the upper tower that stands out from the royal palace of the king, which is toward the court of the guard.  After him Pedaiah repaired, to the place opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that stands out.  After him the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that stands out and to the wall of Ophel.  And the temple servants dwelt in Ophel.

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