Nehemiah 3:3

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

Nehemiah 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.

---

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.

Nehemiah 3:3 In-Context

1 et surrexit Eliasib sacerdos magnus et fratres eius sacerdotes et aedificaverunt portam Gregis ipsi sanctificaverunt eam et statuerunt valvas eius et usque ad turrem centum cubitorum sanctificaverunt eam usque ad turrem Ananehel

2 et iuxta eum aedificaverunt viri Hiericho et iuxta eum aedificavit Zecchur filius Amri

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