Neemia 3:3

3 Ed i figliuoli di Senaa edificarono la porta de’ pesci; essi le fecero i suoi palchi, e posarono le sue porte, i suoi serrami, e le sue sbarre.

Neemia 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 3:3

But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build
So called, because fish was brought from the sea coasts through it, and near it was the fish market; this also was southward, according to Dr. Lightfoot ^F24; others say northward; some say it led to the sea of Galilee, Jordan, and all the east and north country: but it is most likely to be westward towards the Mediterranean sea, Tyre, and Joppa, from whence fish were brought; and Rauwolff says ^F25 it is still standing towards the west, behind Mount Sion, and over against Mount Gihon, see ( 2 Chronicles 33:14 ) he also says, this gate was called the gate of Hebron, because the road of Hebron went through it, which is about seven or eight hours' walking distant from it:

who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the
locks thereof, and the bars thereof;
completely finished it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Chorograph. Cent. of the Land of Israel, c. 26. p. 27. vol. 2.
F25 Ut supra, (Travels, par. 3. c. 3.) p. 226, 227.

Neemia 3:3 In-Context

1 ED Eliasib, sommo sacerdote, e i suoi fratelli sacerdoti, si levarono su, ed edificarono la porta delle pecore; essi la santificarono, e posarono le sue porte; e la santificarono, fino alla torre di Cento, e fino alla torre di Hananeel.

2 Ed allato a lui edificarono gli uomini di Gerico; e allato a loro edificò Zaccur, figliuolo d’Imri.

3 Ed i figliuoli di Senaa edificarono la porta de’ pesci; essi le fecero i suoi palchi, e posarono le sue porte, i suoi serrami, e le sue sbarre.

4 Ed allato a loro ristorò Meremot, figliuolo di Uria, figliuolo di Cos; ed allato a loro ristorò Mesullam, figliuolo di Berechia, figliuolo di Mesezabeel; ed allato a loro ristorò Sadoc, figliuolo di Baana.

5 Ed allato a loro ristorarono i Tecoiti; ma i principali d’infra loro non sottomisero il collo al servigio del lor Signore.