Study it in the app“And next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, repaired, of the throne of the governor of the other side of the river.”
And next to themוְעַל יָדָםMelatiahמְלַטְיָהthe Gibeoniteהַגִּבְעֹנִיand Jadonוְיָדוֹןthe Meronothite,הַמֵּרֹנֹתִיthe menאַנְשֵׁיof Gibeonגִבְעוֹןand of Mizpah,וְהַמִּצְפָּהrepaired,הֶחֱזִיקof the throneלְכִסֵּאof the governorפַּחַתof the other sideעֵבֶרof the river.הַנָּהָר
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yada” appearsMelatiah
Melatiah: the name of a man of Gibeon who repaired the wall. It means "YHWH has delivered".
Where else “melatya” appearsGibeonite
Gibeonite: an inhabitant of Gibeon, a city north of Jerusalem. The Gibeonites were not Israelites; they remained among Israel because of the oath Joshua made to them (Joshua 9).
Where else “givoni” appearsJadon
Jadon: the name of a man of Meronoth who repaired the wall beside those of Gibeon.
Where else “yadon” appearsMeronothite
Meronothite: an inhabitant of Meronoth, a place that is not known.
Where else “meronoti” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsGibeon
See it on the mapWhere else “givon” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “hechezik” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “chise” appearsgovernor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachat” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears“Of the throne of the governor”: a difficult phrase; it may say that these men depended on the Persian governor, or that they repaired as far as the place where he had his seat.
1Gibeon
Today: al-Jib (Gibeon), West Bank
A city about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Its people tricked Joshua into making peace with Israel (Josh 9:3-15). When Joshua defended them, the sun stood still (Josh 10:12). Solomon offered sacrifices there (1 Kgs 3:4).
2Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
6And the Old Gate Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
7 · This verse (above)
8Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the silversmiths, repaired; and next to him Hananiah, a son of the perfumers, repaired; and they left Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
