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Nehemiah 3:6 Explained in Context
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Verse 6. 6Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
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Quick Meaning
This verse credits Joiada and Meshullam with the Old Gate and its full functional hardware.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 3:6–3:12
Read Nehemiah 3:6–3:12 together. This verse credits Joiada and Meshullam with the Old Gate and its full functional hardware. Read Nehemiah 3:6–3:12 as one complete scene: Goldsmiths, apothecaries, rulers, householders, and Shallum's daughters repair adjoining sections of wall.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The Old Gate sector links named crews, guilds, district rulers, household repair, and Shallum's daughters before the route turns south. Its placement advances the book. The register disrupts a male-elite summary by naming varied occupations, local authorities, family proximity, and women's participation. Within that movement, this verse credits Joiada and Meshullam with the Old Gate and its full functional hardware.
Read Nehemiah 3:6–12 together
Why these verses belong together: The Old Gate sector links named crews, guilds, district rulers, household repair, and Shallum's daughters before the route turns south.
Verse 6. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Verse 7. 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Verse 8. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Verse 9. 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Verse 10. 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Verse 11. 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
Verse 12. 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
What Remains True
Within Nehemiah 3:6–3:12, Nehemiah 3:6 credits Joiada and Meshullam with the Old Gate and its full functional hardware. A truthful account of communal work preserves contributors whom administrative records can easily marginalize.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Nehemiah 3:6, attend to how the verse credits Joiada and Meshullam with the Old Gate and its full functional hardware. Audit credits, access, safety, and decision power for women, tradespeople, families, and lower-status workers.
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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 3:6–3:12, 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 3:6–3:12
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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 3:6–3:12
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