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Ophel, the southern spur of the temple hill, having a wall of its own
Nehemiah 3:27 might be reckoned either in Jerusalem or outside it.
Here it is made a separate place....
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III. THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED, THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL, AND
NEHEMIAH'S FINAL ACTS
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. The willing offerers (Nehemiah 11:1)_
2. The heads of the residents of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:3)...
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PART V (Nehemiah 11-13). THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH. THE
DEDICATION OF THE WALLS INTERNAL ORGANISATION.
Nehemiah 11:1. The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. This section
consists of lists...
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THE NETHINIMS... THE NETHINIMS. Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis._
App-6. The clause beginning and ending with the same word. See note on
Ezra 2:43....
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_the Nethinims_ R.V. THE NETHINIM.
_in Ophel_ See Nehemiah 3:26. Their quarters were on the summit of the
Hill or Mound, S. of the Temple height.
_Ziha_and _Gispa_(R.V. GISHPA)] Ziha's name occurs at...
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Nehemiah 11:1 TO NEHEMIAH 12:26. Extracts from Registers and Public
Lists
1, 2. Measures taken to increase the number of dwellers in Jerusalem.
This passage seems to take up the thread which had bee...
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5. Other groups.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 11:20-24
20
And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and of the Levites, were in
all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
21
But the temple servants we...
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_ALL THE LEVITES IN THE HOLY CITY WERE TWO HUNDRED FOURSCORE AND
FOUR._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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MEASURES TO SUPPLEMENT THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM
1. This v. resumes the subject of the paucity of population in
Jerusalem: see Nehemiah 7:4. The rulers were already residing in the
capital, and mean...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 11
The people had built the city called Jerusalem again. Then they
returned to the smaller towns and v...
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God had given the country called *Judah to his special people the
*Jews. He gave each family a share in the land. So when the people
returned from the *exile, they returned to the country of their
*an...
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(20-36) The heads in the country....
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OPHEL. — The Nethinims on the promontory of Ophel were either within
or without the city, according as the one wall or the other was taken.
Here they are regarded as outside....
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וְ הַ נְּתִינִ֖ים יֹשְׁבִ֣ים בָּ †
עֹ֑פֶל...
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We now begin the third and final division of the Book, in which is set
forth the arrangements made for settlement of the cities. It is the
last piece of history which the Old Testament contains. Some...
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_Gaspha, were chiefs of the Nathinites. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "over
the," &c. Ophel was their place of residence, chap. iii. 26._...
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(20) В¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites,
were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. (21) But
the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11.
On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble
themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated
themselves f...
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But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the
Nethinims.
Ver. 21. _Dwelt in Ophel_] See Nehemiah 3:26. Some will have it to be
not a tower, but a village, near to Jerusalem....
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_The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel_ Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem,
because they were to do the servile work of the temple; therefore they
were to be posted near it, that they might be ready to atten...
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1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by Lot, dwell at
Ierusalem.
3 A catalogue of their names.
20 The residue dwell in other cities.
[WHO DWELT IN IERUSALEM, AND THE CITIES OF IUDA...
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DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER JEWS...
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But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, on the southern slope of the Temple
mount; AND ZIHA AND GISPA WERE OVER THE NETHINIM....
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THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER CITIES
(vv. 1-25)
Jerusalem being God's center, the leaders of the people lived there,
but the people evidently preferred other places, so that the proposal
wa...
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OPHEL:
Or, the tower...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 11:21 Nethinim H5411 dwelt H3427 (H8802) Ophel H6077 Ziha
H6727 Gishpa H1658 Nethinim H5411
the -...
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CONTENTS: The dwellers at Jerusalem and the cities.
CHARACTERS: Joel, Judah, Zabdrel, Shabbethai, Jozabad, Mathaniah,
Uzzi, Pethahiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who take care of the outward concerns of the...
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Nehemiah 11:1. _To bring one in ten to dwell in Jerusalem._ The
inhabitants were not yet sufficiently numerous for the public works
and services, and for the defence of the city. Hence it became
neces...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:1 The Population of Jerusalem and the
Villages; Priests and Levites. These chapters depict the people’s
efforts to populate Jerusalem....
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:20 THE REST OF ISRAEL. That is, after a
tenth of the population had been resettled in Jerusalem (v. Nehemiah
11:1)....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “This chapter is intimately connected with
Nehemiah 7:4, showing Nehemiah’s plan of increasing the population
of the city. The genealogies and then the confession and covenant come...
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PART III.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM, WITH THE NUMBER OF THE
ADULT MALES, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS. VARIOUS
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And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the
people also cast lots, that one in ten might dwell in Jerusalem the
holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities (Nehemiah 11:1)....
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2 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:31...
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The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel — Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem,
because they were to do the servile work of the temple: therefore they
were to be posted near it, that they might be ready to atten...