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Nehemiah 3:14

Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem repaired the dung gate. He built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth Haccherem repaired the dung gate. He built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

  • KJV King James Version

    But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-cherem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof.

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to Nehemiah 3:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Jeremiah 6:1 “Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
  • Nehemiah 2:13 I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, then to the dung gate, and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
  • Nehemiah 3:9 Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
  • Nehemiah 3:12-13 Next to him, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters, made repairs. Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the valley gate. They built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
  • Nehemiah 3:15-18 Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah repaired the spring gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from David’s city. After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men. After him, the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani made repairs. Next to him, Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district. After him, their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah made repairs.
  • Nehemiah 12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. One went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Neh 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the…

Neh 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Ver. 14. But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab] That is, of the noble family of the Rechabites. A ruler he was, and yet disdaineth not to repair the dung gate. All God’s work is honourable. Angels are God’s executioners, as at Sodom. Magistrates and ministers must do their utmost, by discipline and otherwise, to cause the false prophets (that filth) and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land, as by a dung gate, Zec 13:2. Every man must sweep his own door, that we may have a clean street.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Beth-haccerem; a town or territory, the government whereof was…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the gate of the fountain,.... Of which see…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Beth-haccerem - A town or territory, the government whereof…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. Beth-haccerem] A village or town in the…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 3:14-16. Beth-haccerem — A town or territory, the…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Bethacharam, in the tribe of Benjamin, Jeremias vi. 1.
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Beth-haccerem--a city of Judah, supposed to be now occupied…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Part of Beth-haccerem — Or, district of Beth-haccerem.…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. But] R.V. And.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) The son of Rechab.—Not “a son,” as if…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The dung gate. See the comment on Neh_2:13. The…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Malchijah ... Recab ... Shallun ... Kol-Hozeh
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:14-15 These verses focus on the reconstruction of the…

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