Nehemiah 3:1-5
Summary for Neh 3:1-32: 3:1-32 a This summary of the people who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem moves in a circle around the city, starting at the northeast corner and moving west, then south, east, and north.Summary for Neh 3:1-5: 3:1-5 b The rebuilding of the walls and gates around the northern section of the city was divided into eight work groups. 3:1 c Eliashib the high priest, the grandson of Jeshua (12:10 d), led the priests in working on the northern wall around the Temple.
• The Sheep Gate was where the people brought in their sheep on their way to sacrifice at the Temple.
• The Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel were two major military towers along the northern wall (12:39 e; Jer 31:38 f; Zech 14:10 g).
3:3 h At the Fish Gate, people sold fish from the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea.
3:4 i Meremoth: See Ezra 8:33 j.
• Meshullam had given his daughter in marriage to a son of Tobiah (Neh 6:18 k; see also 10:20 l).
3:5 m The leaders of Tekoa might have been influenced by Geshem (2:19 n), who controlled the area south of Tekoa.
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