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Nehemiah 3

Neh. 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And next unto them
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
repaired
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
Melatiah
Mlatyah (Hebrew #4424)
(whom) Jah has delivered; Melatjah, a Gibeonite
KJV usage: Melatiah.
Pronounce: mel-at-yaw'
Origin: from 4423 and 3050
the Gibeonite
Gib`oniy (Hebrew #1393)
a Gibonite, or inhabitant of Gibon
KJV usage: Gibeonite.
Pronounce: ghib-o-nee'
Origin: patrial from 1391
, and Jadon
Yadown (Hebrew #3036)
thankful; Jadon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Jadon.
Pronounce: yaw-done'
Origin: from 3034
the Meronothite
Meronothiy (Hebrew #4824)
a Meronothite, or inhabitant of some (otherwise unknown) Meronoth.
KJV usage: Meronothite.
Pronounce: may-ro-no-thee'
Origin: patrial from an unused noun
, the men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
of Gibeon
Gib`own (Hebrew #1391)
hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gibeon.
Pronounce: ghib-ohn'
Origin: from the same as 1387
, and of Mizpah
Mitspah (Hebrew #4709)
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of 4708 when "in pause".)
Pronounce: mits-paw'
Origin: feminine of 4708
, unto the throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
b of the governor
pechah (Hebrew #6346)
a prefect (of a city or small district)
KJV usage: captain, deputy, governor.
Pronounce: peh-khaw'
Origin: of foreign origin
on this side
`eber (Hebrew #5676)
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
KJV usage: X against, beyond, by, X from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
Pronounce: ay'-ber
Origin: from 5674
the river
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
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Neh. 2:8• 8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Neh. 2:8)

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Gibeon,
Gibeonite,
Governor,
Jadon,
Melatiah,
Meronothite,
Mizpah; Mizpeh,
River,
Throne

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Gibeonite.
Josh. 9:3‑27• 3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
 4They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
 5And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
 6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
 7And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
 8And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
 9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
 10And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
 11Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
 12This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
 13And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
 14And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.
 15And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
 16And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.
 17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
 18And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
 19But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
 20This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
 21And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
 22And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
 23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
 24And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
 25And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
 26And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. (Josh. 9:3‑27)
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2 Sam. 21:2• 2And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) (2 Sam. 21:2)
Mizpah.
Neh. 3:19• 19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armory at the turning of the wall. (Neh. 3:19)
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2 Chron. 16:6• 6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. (2 Chron. 16:6)
the throne.That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode:
for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon."
Sitting upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors.
Neh. 2:8• 8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Neh. 2:8)
• the Gibeonites appear to have valued the position into which they had been brought, even if that meant being forever servants to the house of God (Josh. 9:23). As Gentiles they were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, but they stuck with Israel through thick or thin. We even read that one of David’s mighty men was a Gibeonite (1 Chron. 12:4). (“Fellow-Workman - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, to the seata of the governorb on this side the river.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "throne"; as Gen. 41.40.
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Or "pacha"; see Ezra 8.36.