Nehemiah 3:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests arose and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors, and they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hanael.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it and set up its doors; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Eliasib the hye prest gat him vp with his brethren the prestes, and buylded the Shepegate. They halowed it, and set vp the dores of it: euen vnto the tower Mea halowed they it, namely vnto the tower of Hananeel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then arose Eliashib the hie Priest with his brethren the Priestes, and they buylt the sheepegate: they repayred it, and set vp the doores thereof: euen vnto the tower of Meah repayred they it, and vnto the tower of Hananeel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Eliasib the hye priest gat him vp with his brethre the priestes, and they buylded the sheepe gate: they repaired it, and set vp the doores of it: euen vnto the towre Mea repaired they it, and vnto the towre of Hananeel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Eliashib the high priest riseth, and his brethren the priests, and they build the sheep-gate; they have sanctified it, and set up its doors, even unto the tower of Meah they have sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then Eliashib, the chief priest, got up with his brothers the priests, and took in hand the building of the sheep doorway; they made it holy and put its doors in position; as far as the tower of Hammeah they made it holy, even to the tower of Hananel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Names of the Builders Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 12:39 : 39 and above the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, and as far as the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
  • Jer 31:38 : 38 The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.
  • Zech 14:10 : 10 The whole land will be transformed like the plain of the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem will be raised up and remain in its place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
  • John 5:2 : 2 Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five covered colonnades.
  • Prov 3:9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and from the firstfruits of all your produce.
  • Neh 13:28 : 28 Even one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me.
  • Neh 3:32 : 32 Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
  • Neh 6:1 : 1 When it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (though at that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates),
  • Neh 7:1 : 1 When the wall was completed and I had set up the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
  • Ps 30:1 : 1 A psalm, a song for the dedication of the house, of David.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • Neh 12:30 : 30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
  • Neh 3:20 : 20 After him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the corner to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
  • Deut 20:5 : 5 The officers shall then say to the people: 'If anyone has built a new house and has not yet dedicated it, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another dedicate it.'
  • Neh 12:10 : 10 Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Neh 3:19-32
    14 verses
    80%

    19Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the corner.

    20After him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the corner to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    21After him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the entrance of Eliashib's house to the end of it.

    22After him, the priests—the men from the surrounding region—made repairs.

    23After them, Benjamin and Hashub made repairs opposite their house. After them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.

    24After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from Azariah's house to the angle and the corner.

    25Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that projects from the upper palace near the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah son of Parosh made repairs.

    26The temple servants who lived on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.

    27After them, the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.

    28Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house.

    29After them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. After him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.

    30After him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After them, Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his room.

    31After him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.

    32Between the upper room at the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.

  • Neh 3:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2Next to him, the men of Jericho built, and next to them, Zaccur son of Imri built.

    3The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They laid its beams, set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

    4Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel, repaired. And next to them, Zadok son of Baana, repaired.

  • Neh 3:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They laid its beams, set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

    7Next to them, Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah repaired. These repairs were under the governor of the region beyond the River.

    8Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired. And next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

  • Neh 12:39
    79%

    39and above the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, and as far as the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

  • Neh 3:13-17
    5 verses
    78%

    13Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

    14Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-Haccerem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

    15Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, covered it, set up its doors, its locks, and its bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the King’s Garden, as far as the steps that descend from the City of David.

    16Next to him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-Zur, made repairs as far as the tombs of David, and to the artificial pool, and to the House of the Mighty.

    17Next to him, the Levites, led by Rehum son of Bani, made repairs. Beside him, Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district.

  • Neh 7:1
    77%

    1When the wall was completed and I had set up the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

  • 2 Chr 27:3
    75%

    3He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD and carried out extensive construction on the wall of the Ophel.

  • Neh 12:37
    75%

    37At the Fountain Gate, they went straight up the stairs of the City of David, on the ascent to the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.

  • Ezra 5:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, son of Jozadak, arose and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

    3At that time, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and their companions came to them and said, 'Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?'

  • Neh 6:1
    75%

    1When it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (though at that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates),

  • Neh 12:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

    31I appointed the leaders of Judah to go up on the wall, and I appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went in procession to the right on the wall, toward the Dung Gate.

  • Ezra 1:5
    73%

    5Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—rose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 3:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in their cities, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.

    2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers, built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.

  • Ezra 3:8
    73%

    8In the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers—the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned from captivity to Jerusalem—began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to oversee the work on the house of the LORD.

  • Neh 3:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Next to them, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him, Hattush son of Hashabniah made repairs.

    11Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section, along with the Tower of the Ovens.

  • Neh 1:3
    73%

    3They said to me, 'Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.'

  • Ezra 5:9
    72%

    9'Then we asked those elders, and we said to them, "Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?"'

  • 2 Chr 33:14
    72%

    14Afterward, he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and surrounding the Ophel. He made it much higher. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • Ezra 3:12
    72%

    12But many of the priests, Levites, and family heads—the elderly who had seen the first temple—were weeping loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.

  • Neh 13:4
    72%

    4Before this occurred, Eliashib the priest, who had been assigned to the chambers of the house of our God, was closely associated with Tobiah.

  • Jer 31:38
    72%

    38The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.

  • Neh 7:3
    72%

    3I said to them, 'The gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun is hot. While the guards are still standing watch, let the gates be shut and secured. Also appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post and near his own house.'

  • Neh 12:26
    72%

    26These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest, the scribe.

  • Neh 13:7
    72%

    7I returned to Jerusalem and understood the evil thing that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

  • Neh 2:15
    72%

    15So I went up the valley at night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and re-entered through the Valley Gate, returning the way I came.