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Neh. 3:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Moreover thec Nethinims δdwelt in ζOpheld, unto the place over against the water gatee toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.

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Ezra 2:43• ⁴³The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, (Ezra 2:43)

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or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto.

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2 Chron. 27:3• ³He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (2 Chron. 27:3)

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or, the tower.

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Neh. 8:1,3• ¹And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
³And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. (Neh. 8:1,3)

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Neh. 12:37• ³⁷And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. (Neh. 12:37)

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Nethinims.

Neh. 7:46‑56• ⁴⁶The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
⁴⁷The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
⁴⁸The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
⁴⁹The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
⁵⁰The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
⁵¹The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
⁵²The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
⁵³The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
⁵⁴The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
⁵⁵The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
⁵⁶The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. (Neh. 7:46‑56)

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Neh. 10:28• ²⁸And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; (Neh. 10:28)

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1 Chron. 9:2• ²Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. (1 Chron. 9:2)

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Ezra 2:43‑58• ⁴³The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
⁴⁴The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
⁴⁵The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
⁴⁶The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
⁴⁷The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
⁴⁸The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
⁴⁹The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
⁵⁰The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
⁵¹The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
⁵²The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
⁵³The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
⁵⁴The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
⁵⁵The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
⁵⁶The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
⁵⁷The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
⁵⁸All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. (Ezra 2:43‑58)

dwelt, etc.

or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto.

Ophel.or, the tower.

Neh. 3:27• ²⁷After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. (Neh. 3:27)

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Neh. 11:21• ²¹But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. (Neh. 11:21)

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2 Chron. 27:3• ³He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (2 Chron. 27:3)

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2 Chron. 33:14• ¹⁴Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. (2 Chron. 33:14)

the water.The water gate is supposed to have been that by which the Nethinim brought in water for the use of the temple.

Neh. 8:1,3• ¹And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
³And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. (Neh. 8:1,3)

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Neh. 12:37• ³⁷And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. (Neh. 12:37)

• Water is often a picture of the Word of God. “Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” (Eph. 5:25-26). “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). We receive the Holy Scriptures, in their entirety, as the divinely inspired Word of God (2 Tim. 3:15-16). (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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(Now the Nethinima dwelt in Ophelb, even over against the water-gate toward the east, and the tower which lies out.)

JND Translation Notes

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a

See Note, 1 Chron. 9.2.

b

See 2 Chron. 27.3