Passage

Nehemiah 3.25

Book: Nehemiah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

23. After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house. 24. After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, and unto the corner.

25. Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

(Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.) 27. After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel. (Nehemiah 3:23-27, ASV)

WEB

23. After them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house. After them, Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house. 24. After him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.

25. Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.) 27. After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel. (Nehemiah 3:23-27, WEB)

KJV

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. 24. After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.

25. Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. ^{dwelt: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto} ^{Ophel: or, tower} 27. After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. (Nehemiah 3:23-27, KJV)

YLT

23. After them hath Benjamin strengthened, and Hashub, over-against their house; after him hath Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, strengthened, near his house. 24. After him hath Binnui son of Henadad strengthened, a second measure, from the house of Azariah unto the angle, and unto the corner.

25. Palal son of Uzai, from over-against the angle, and the tower that is going out from the upper house of the king that [is] at the court of the prison; after him Pedaiah son of Parosh.

And the Nethinim have been dwelling in Ophel, unto over-against the water-gate at the east, and the tower that goeth out. 27. After him have the Tekoites strengthened, a second measure, from over-against the great tower that goeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel. (Nehemiah 3:23-27, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: the narrator, in the list of those who rebuilt the wall (Nehemiah 3:1-32)
Audience: the readers
Location: the eastern side of Jerusalem, by "the turning of the wall" and "the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard"
Time period: the twentieth year of Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2:1), c. 445 BC

Theological reading

Palal son of Uzai repairs at the turning of the wall and by "the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard," and after him "Pedaiah the son of Parosh." The children of Parosh were the first family named in the register of the first return, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two of them (Nehemiah 7:8; Ezra 2:3).

"The court of the guard" ties the rebuilding to the prophet of the exile. During the Babylonian siege "Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house" (Jeremiah 32:2). Jeremiah had also promised return: "After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place" (Jeremiah 29:10). The men repairing the wall beside the old royal palace are living in that promise.

"Repaired" is chazaq (Strong's H2388), the chapter's repeated verb. The record keeps names that would otherwise be forgotten, such as Palal, attached to a few yards of wall.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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