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Nehemiah 3:23 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 3 · verse 23
After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.Nehemiah 3:23 · King James Version
Nehemiah 3:23 in context
21After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
22And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
23After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
24After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
25Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- repairedchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- MaaseiahMaʻăsêyâhMaasejah, the name of sixteen IsraelitesH4641 →
- AzariahʻĂzaryâhAzarjah, the name of nineteen IsraelitesH5838 →
- AnaniahʻĂnanyâhAnanjah, the name of an Israelite and of a place in PalestineH6055 →
- HashubChashshûwbChashshub, the name of two or three IsraelitesH2815 →
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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 emulation, and desire to excel, yet without any contention, animosity, or separate interest.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-32