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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Nehemiah 13:4

Over this things, &c. Or, he was faulty in this thing, or in this kind. (Challoner) --- He was the source of all this evil. Hebrew, "and before this Eliasib," &c. It is probable that he was a different person from the high priest, (Usher) who had married his grandson to the daughter of Sanaballat, the intimate friend of Tobias. (Calmet) --- The latter was a persecutor, and prefigured heretics, as Nehemias did our Saviour, who drove traffickers out of the temple. (Ven. Bede in Esdras, L. iii. 19.) (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Nehemiah 13:4. _ELIASHIB THE PRIEST_] _Perhaps_ this was a different person from Eliashib the high priest; but there is no indubitable evidence that he was not the same. If he was high priest,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The relations of Eliashib, the high priest Nehemiah 3:1, with Tobiah and Sanballat will account for the absence of any reference to him either in Neh. 8–10, or in Nehemiah 12:27. THE CHAMBER - The ent...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The separation of the mixed multitude (Nehemiah 13:1)_ 2. The unholy alliance repudiated (Nehemiah 13:4) 3. Nehemiah's action in behalf of the Levites and singers (Nehemiah 13:10

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SOME DETAILS OF NEHEMIAH'S RULE. This section, taken for the most part from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the Temple (Nehemiah 13:4), his organisation for the maintenance...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    (APPLIES TO NEHEMIAH 13:4): AND BEFORE THIS... THE TWO AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES KING OF BABYLON (Nehemiah 13:6). The Artaxeres (= great king) here is Darius Hystaspis. The record here _must_ h...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Part IV. NEHEMIAH's SECOND VISIT Ch. Nehemiah 13:4-9. His Vindication of the Sanctity of the Temple. Nehemiah 13:10-14. His Provision for the Maintenance of the Levites. Nehem

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And before this_ R.V. NOW BEFORE THIS. Clearly the date referred to is that of Nehemiah's return to Jerusalem after his residence at the court described in Nehemiah 13:6. We may assume that Nehemiah'...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ELIASHIB THE PRIEST, &C.— Some are apt to imagine, that this Eliashib was no more than a common priest, because he is said to have _had the oversight of the chambers in the house of God;_ which was an...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Tobiah is driven out. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:4-9 4 Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah, 5 had prepared a larg...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND BEFORE THIS, ELIASHIB THE PRIEST, HAVING THE OVERSIGHT OF THE CHAMBER OF THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD, WAS ALLIED UNTO TOBIAH:_ Before this. The practice of these mixed marriages, in open neglect or vio...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    13:4 chambers (f-13) Lit. 'chamber.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ELIASHIB] previously mentioned in Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:10. CHAMBER] RV 'chambers.' 6. THE TWO ANDTHIRTIETH YEAR] i.e. 433 b.c. OBTAINED I LEAVE] i.e. to return to Palestine....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REFORM OF ABUSES The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in connexion with the chambers of the Temple, the provi...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 13 Twelve years after the people rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to Persia. Some tim...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    When Nehemiah was away in Persia, the priest Eliashib allowed Tobiah to use a large room in the *temple. Tobiah was one of the enemies of the *Jews. He had tried to stop the people building the walls...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (4-9) The scandal of the high priest....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ELIASHIB THE PRIEST, HAVING THE OVERSIGHT. — Probably the high priest of Nehemiah 3:1, whose office alone would not have given him control over _“_the chamber:” that is, the series of chambers running...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לִ פְנֵ֣י מִ זֶּ֔ה אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER Nehemiah 13:1 THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded off with a perfect conclusion always leaves room for an appendix, which in its turn may...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    NEGLECT OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:1 In Nehemiah 12:44 we have recorded the care that was manifested for the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a res...

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

    In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he return...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And before (b) this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] (c) allied unto Tobiah: (b) That the separation was made. (c) He was united with Tobiah t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It should seem very plainly from what is here said, that Nehemiah had returned to Persia, and now was come back to Jerusalem. During his absence Eliashib the High Priest, to his everlasting disgrace,...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION II. Nehemiah 13:1-31 (NKJV) On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite...

  • 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

    And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied unto Tobiah: Ver. 4. _And before this_] Before the commandment came as a lamp, and the...

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

    _And before this_ That is, before this separation was made; _Eliashib the priest_ The high-priest, (Nehemiah 3:1,) or some other priest so called, there being divers persons of this name in or about t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is made from the mixed multitude. 4 Nehemiah at his returne, causeth the chambers to bee cleansed. 10 He reformeth the offices in the house of God. 15 The...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    IN THE TEMPLE AND ITS SERVICES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And before this, rather, in the face of all this, in spite of the reforms instituted by Nehemiah at the time of his first sojourn in Jerusalem, ELIASHIB, THE PRIEST, the successor of Jehoiakim, HAVING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE (vv. 1-3) At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, because o...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HAVING THE OVERSIGHT: _ Heb._ being set over...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations. See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly attended to, it discovers to us sin and duty, good and evil,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ELIASHIB THE PRIEST; the high priest, NEHEMIAH 3:1, or some other priest so called, there being divers Eliashibs in or about this time, EZRA 10:6,24,27,36, though the first seems most probable, by com...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Nehemiah 13:4 before H6440 Eliashib H475 priest H3548 authority H5414 (H8803) storerooms H3957 house H1004 God H430

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    WITH NEHEMIAH HAVING TO RETURN TO REPORT TO ARTAXERXES, UNHOLINESS AGAIN BEGAN TO INFILTRATE THE HOLY CITY, A SITUATION WHICH HAD TO BE DEALT WITH ON NEHEMIAH'S RETURN (NEHEMIAH 13:1). It should be no...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Cleansing the temple. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem and his further reforms. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Eliashib, Tobiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing grieves a godly man more than to see th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Nehemiah 13:6. _In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes._ Having been governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned _to the king,_ at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months at t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH 13:1 Ejection of Tobiah the Ammonite from the Temple. While Nehemiah was in the Persian capital of Susa, reporting to the king (v. Nehemiah 13:6; see note on 2:4–6),

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:4 The connection of these verses with vv. Nehemiah 13:1 is that TOBIAH, an enemy of the community ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXPLANATORY Notes.] NEHEMIAH 13:1. ON THAT DAY] This is to be understood in the same sense as _at that time_, in chap. Nehemiah 12:44. But no doubt public readings of the law took place frequently dur...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION (Nehemiah 13:1). After having exercised the office of governor for twelve years, from B.C. 444 to B.C. 432, Nehemiah had had occasion to visit...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of all the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Bec...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:28; Nehemiah 13:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Eliashib — The high — priest. Chamber — Of the chambers, the high — priest having the chief power over the house of God, and all the chambers belonging to it. Tobiah — The Ammonite, and a violent enem...

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