Nehemiah 3:16

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Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:20 : 20 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
  • Acts 2:29 : 29 “Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
  • Josh 15:58 : 58 Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,
  • Isa 7:3 : 3 So the LORD told Isaiah,“Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.
  • Isa 22:11 : 11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool– but you did not trust in the one who made it; you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago!
  • Neh 3:9 : 9 Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.
  • Neh 3:12 : 12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.
  • Neh 3:14 : 14 Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
  • Song 3:7 : 7 Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.
  • 1 Chr 2:45 : 45 Shammai’s son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.
  • 2 Chr 11:7 : 7 Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
  • 2 Chr 12:10-11 : 10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. 11 Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.
  • 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a platform covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.
  • 1 Kgs 14:27-28 : 27 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. 28 Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

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  • Neh 3:17-32
    16 verses
    83%

    17 After him the Levites worked– Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

    18 After him their relatives worked– Binnui son of Henadad, head of a half-district of Keilah.

    19 Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

    20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

    21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.

    22 After him the priests worked, men of the nearby district.

    23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house.

    24 After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.

    25 After him Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

    26 and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower.

    27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

    28 Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house.

    29 After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked.

    30 After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters.

    31 After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.

    32 And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

  • Neh 3:1-15
    15 verses
    81%

    1 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.

    2 The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

    3 The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

    4 Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them.

    5 The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.

    6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

    7 Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

    8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered the city wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

    9 Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.

    10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.

    11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

    12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.

    13 Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

    14 Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

    15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

  • 14 After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

  • Neh 12:37-39
    3 verses
    71%

    37 They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.

    38 The second choir was proceeding in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

    39 over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

  • 9 You saw the many breaks in the walls of the City of David; you stored up water in the lower pool.

  • 5 Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

  • 26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe.

  • 16 From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people of Judah

  • Neh 1:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 ¶ A Prayer of Nehemiah These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah:It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, I was in Susa the citadel.

    2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem.

  • 15 I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned.

  • 33 Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

  • 3 He built the Upper Gate to the LORD’s temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

  • 6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

  • 1 On the sealed documents were the following names: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,

  • 3 At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked,“Who gave you authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?”

  • 6 including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

  • 12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.

  • 4 some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) Of the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;