Nehemiah 3:28

28 From the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, 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 made repairs up to the point opposite the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower.

27 After them, the people of Tekoa repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.

28 From the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each one opposite his own house.

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

30 After him, Hananiah, Shelemiah's son, and Hanun, Zalaph's sixth son, repaired another section. After them, Meshullam, Berechiah's son, made repairs opposite his own room.