Nehemiah 3:7

“And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, etc.] Which places were both in the tribe of Benjamin, (<061825>Joshua 18:25,26) and one of these men was of the one place, and the other of the other: unto the throne of the governor on this side the river; where the governor of those parts under the king of Persia had his seat, and now Nehemiah; but, according to Aben Ezra, Cisse, rendered “throne”, is the name of a man who was the governor.”

“Unto the throne ... - The meaning is thought to be “the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who, though they worked for Nehemiah, were not under his government, but belonged to the jurisdiction of the governor on this side the river.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“The throne - Unto the place where the governor of the country on this side Euphrates, under the Persian kings, sometimes had a palace or throne. Nehemiah 3:8”

“3:7 Gibeon and Mizpah were about six miles (10 kilometers) north of Jerusalem.”

“the Gibeonite: Josh. 9:3-27; Sa2 21:2 Mizpah: Neh 3:19; Ch2 16:6 the throne: That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode. for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors. Neh 2:8 Nehemiah 3:8”