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Nehemiah 12:43

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

The joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. The events of the day, viewed in connection with the now repaired and beautified state of the city, raised the popular feeling to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, and the fame of their rejoicings was spread far and near.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Priests and Levites at the time of the return under Zerubbabel and Joshua (Nehemiah 12:1)_ 2. The descendants of Joshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10) 3. The heads of the priestl...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEDICATION OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM. We should naturally expect this section to come after Nehemiah 6:15, where the completion of the walls is recorded; like so many others, this section has become m...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OFFERED. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43. CHILDREN. offspring....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Also that day_ R.V. AND … THAT DAY. _great sacrifices_ Cf. Ezra 6:17. _God had made them rejoice_, &c. 2 Chronicles 20:27, -for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies." _the wives als...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Dedication of the Walls In the description of this solemn event, there is a return to the use of the 1st Pers. Sing. (Nehemiah 12:31_; Nehemiah 12:38; Nehemiah 12:40_). The compiler returns to th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    6. The processional and dedication ceremonies are described. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:31-43 31 Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proce...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    12:43 offered (b-5) _ Zevach_ . lit. 'sacrificed.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3 see also Ezra 2:36....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The two groups met again at the *temple, which was the house of God. There they praised and they thanked God. The priests led with their *trumpets. But all the people praised and thanked God. They wer...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 This is a list of the priests and *Levites who returned from *exile. They returned with Zerubbabe...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (27-43) The dedication of the wall. Henceforth Nehemiah speaks in his own person....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    REJOICED. — This verse is full of joy; but before the rejoicing comes the abundant offering of sacrifices....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּזְבְּח֣וּ בַ † יֹּום ־הַ֠ הוּא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expedition fo...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This IS followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some c...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Thanksgiving. St. Jerome, Septuagint, and Syriac have read in a different manner from the present Hebrew, (Calmet which has, "for the tithes to gather into them out of the fields of the cities, the po...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Nehemiah had very largely described, in the former part of his book, the labours in building the wall; and therefore he will not pass over the dedication of it. The account is truly interesting. And a...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION 1. In Nehemiah 12:44-47 = people were appointed over the store rooms to collect the tithes, offerings, and firstfruits. a) Priests and singers were re-appoint...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13. We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had blessed th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For God had made them rejoice with great joy_ By restoring the holy city to such a secure condition, that they could praise the Lord there without disturbance or fear. _And the children rejoiced_ And...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of hie Priests. 22 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27 The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls. 44 The offices of P...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE WALLS DEDICATED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Also that day they offered great sacrifices, thank-offerings combined with a great sacrificial feast, AND REJOICED; FOR GOD HAD MADE THEM REJOICE WITH GREAT JOY; THE WIVES ALSO AND THE CHILDREN REJOIC...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city. Ezr...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    27-43 All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does not dedicate to the Lord. We are concerned to cleanse our h...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Either their loud voices and instruments were heard to a great distance, or the fame of it was spread far and near....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 12:43 day H3117 offered H2076 (H8799) great H1419 sacrifices H2077 rejoiced H8055 (H8799) God H430 rejo

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CULMINATION OF THE CELEBRATIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE TEMPLE (NEHEMIAH 12:43). The processions on or about the wall having been completed the people gathered in the Temple area and offered large...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TWO COMPANIES MEET AND GREAT SACRIFICES ARE OFFERED (NEHEMIAH 12:38). The other procession was led by ‘those who gave thanks' (the singers and musicians) followed by Nehemiah himself, leading the...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THOSE TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GREAT COMPANIES WHO PROCEED TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WALL, ONE COMPANY GOING ONE WAY AND THE OTHER COMPANY THE OTHER (NEHEMIAH 12:31). Nehemiah now...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PURIFICATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL (NEHEMIAH 12:27). Having established the newly walled Jerusalem as ‘the holy city' (Nehemiah 11:1), properly inhabited by a people who were...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Nehemiah 2:17 ; NEHEMIAH 6:15; NEHEMIAH 12:43 I. Consider the fact of declension, decadence, degeneration, from a Divine type. Of this we have two instances: in Israel and in the Church. (1) Under the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Priests and Levites who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. Dedication of the walls. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Great mercies call f...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nehemiah 12:47. _They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron._ They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated in N...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced._ A GREAT REJOICING A great rejoicing as it should be. I. Associated with the bites of religion. II. The outcome of a great deliverance....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem._ THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL In this dedication-- I. It was designed to offer thanks to God for the completion of a good work. II. It was intended t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH 12:27 Dedication of the Walls. This section describes the Levites’ role at the dedication of the completed city wall. Two great choirs precede the leaders in two companies on the wall, north...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites (Nehemiah 12:1). These different lists are, in fact, all connected with the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART IV. DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA, WITH NEHEMIAH'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS, AND HIS...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter 12: Now these are the priests and the Levites (Nehemiah 12:1) And so it gives the names of those priests and Levites that were serving at the time, and it gives their genealogy in verses N...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:21; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Samuel 4:5; 2 Chronicles 20:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The children rejoiced — And their hosanna's were not despised, but are recorded to their praise. All that share in public mercies, ought to join in public thanksgivings....

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