Nehemiah 3:5

5 et iuxta eos aedificaverunt Thecueni optimates autem eorum non subposuerunt colla sua in opere Domini sui

Nehemiah 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 3:5

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired
The inhabitants of Tekoa, a city in the tribe of Judah; see ( Amos 1:1 )

but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord;
either of Nehemiah, as some, or rather of the lord and prince appointed over their families, as Aben Ezra, to whom they would not be subject; though it seems best, with Jarchi, to understand it of the Lord their God, by whose command this work was begun; but they refused to give any assistance to it with their purses or presence, but withdrew from it, as refractory oxen withdraw their necks from the yoke. This is observed to their disgrace, when the common people of their city were ready to work, and did.

Nehemiah 3:5 In-Context

3 portam autem Piscium aedificaverunt filii Asanaa ipsi texerunt eam et statuerunt valvas eius et seras et vectes et iuxta eos aedificavit Marimuth filius Uriae filii Accus

4 et iuxta eos aedificavit Mosollam filius Barachiae filii Mesezebel et iuxta eos aedificavit Sadoc filius Baana

5 et iuxta eos aedificaverunt Thecueni optimates autem eorum non subposuerunt colla sua in opere Domini sui

6 et portam Veterem aedificaverunt Ioiada filius Fasea et Mosollam filius Besodia ipsi texerunt eam et statuerunt valvas eius et seras et vectes

7 et iuxta eos aedificavit Meletias Gabaonites et Iadon Meronathites viri de Gabaon et Maspha pro duce qui erat in regione trans Flumen