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Nehemiah 3:23 Explained in Context
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Verse 23. 23After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
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Quick Meaning
This verse places Benjamin and Hasshub by their houses and Azariah by his house, tying public work to residence.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 3:16–3:23
Read Nehemiah 3:16–3:23 together. This verse places Benjamin and Hasshub by their houses and Azariah by his house, tying public work to residence. Read Nehemiah 3:16–3:23 as one complete scene: Successive crews repair near royal tombs, waterworks, military storage, district boundaries, and their own houses.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The route moves from Davidic tombs and a pool through Levite districts, an armory turn, priestly sections, and homes. Its placement advances the book. Public infrastructure and domestic proximity overlap, while repeated 'after him' language shows connected responsibility across social roles. Within that movement, this verse places Benjamin and Hasshub by their houses and Azariah by his house, tying public work to residence.
Read Nehemiah 3:16–23 together
Why these verses belong together: The route moves from Davidic tombs and a pool through Levite districts, an armory turn, priestly sections, and homes.
Verse 16. 16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Verse 17. 17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Verse 18. 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Verse 19. 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
Verse 20. 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Verse 21. 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Verse 22. 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
Verse 23. 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
What Remains True
Within Nehemiah 3:16–3:23, Nehemiah 3:23 places Benjamin and Hasshub by their houses and Azariah by his house, tying public work to residence. Coordination works best when adjacent responsibilities are visible and public needs are not detached from household costs.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Nehemiah 3:23, attend to how the verse places Benjamin and Hasshub by their houses and Azariah by his house, tying public work to residence. Define handoffs between teams and ask how construction affects the homes and livelihoods beside it.
Continue in Context
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Read Nehemiah 3:16–3:23 — Repairs pass royal, military, priestly, and household sitesSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Nehemiah 3:16–3:23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Nehemiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, repeated roots, Persian titles, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Neh.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 3:16–3:23
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Nehemiah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded KJV comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, literary, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence in the notes is not treated as positive evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Nehemiah PDF, printed pp. 765–766, translation text and any translator notes printed for 3:16–3:23
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