Bible Strands
Nehemiah 3:28
Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator documents the post-exilic community’s organized effort to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls, assigning specific groups to designated sections. The words — הֶחֱזִ֙יקוּ֙ (he.che.Zi.ku) means they repaired, describing the physical restoration of the wall. אִ֖ישׁ ( 'ish) translates as each one, marking individual participation within the priestly group. The thread — The Horse Gate appears in 2 Chronicles 23:15, Jeremiah 31:40, and 2 Kings 11:16 as a location associated with royal access, judgment, and territorial limits. Why it lands — The text states that priests repaired directly in front of their own houses, establishing a pattern of localized duty. It requires readers to accept personal responsibility for the specific portion of communal work assigned to them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 23:15 So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
- Jeremiah 31:40 The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
- 2 Kings 11:16 So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
- Nehemiah 3:10 next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house; and next to him, Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.
- Nehemiah 3:23 Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.