Commentaries on Nehemiah 3:13

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Nehemiah 3 This chapter contains the names of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem, the order in which they worked, where they began, and where they ended, which was the sheep gate, Ne 3:1.

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

The valley gate repaired Hanun,.... Of which see Ne 2:13, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; a city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:34, they built it, and set up the doors thereof, c. see Ne 3:3, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the dung gate that is, they repaired the wall to such a length from the valley gate to the dung gate; see Ne 2:13.

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Saying and doing are often two things: many are ready to say, "Let us rise up and build," who sit still and do nothing, like that fair-spoken son who said,"I go, Sir, but went not." The undertakers here were none of those. As soon as they had resolved to build the wall about Jerusalem they lost no time, but set about it presently, as we find in this chapter. Let it never be said that we left that...