Nehemiah 3:28

28 Above ¹the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.

Nehemiah 3:28 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 3:28

From above the horse gate repaired the priests
So called, either because near it were stables for horses; or through it horses were led to be watered at the brook of Kidron, to which it was near; or to be exercised in the valley; Josephus ^F3 speaks of the "hippie", or horse tower, which might be near it:

everyone over against his house;
for it seems there was a row of houses in which the priests dwelt, and each of them repaired as much of the wall as was right against his house.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ut supra. (De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 2, 3.)

Nehemiah 3:28 In-Context

26 and the temple servants living on Ophel repaired to a point opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower.

27 After him the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

28 Above the Horse Gate the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.

29 After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.

30 After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber.

Cross References

• 1. See 2 Chronicles 23:15