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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Nehemiah 11

Nehemiah 11:1

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 11 The rulers and the tenth man chosen by lot dwell at Jerusalem, NEHEMIAH 11:1,2. A catalogue of their names, numbers, and families, NEHEMIAH 11:3. The residue of the people dwell in other cities, NEHEMIAH 11:20. THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE DWELT AT JERUSALEM, which their very office... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:2

Because they denied themselves, and their own safety and profit, for the public good; for this city was the butt of all the malicious plots of their enemies; and for the present it was rather chargeable than beneficial to its inhabitants; whereas the country did more easily and certainly afford them... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:3

THE CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE, i.e. of Judea, which was now made a province. TO WIT, ISRAEL, i.e. the generality of the people of Israel, whether of Judah, or Benjamin, or any other tribe; as appears by this general enumeration of all the inhabitants of the land, in which either the people of Judah and... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:4

THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH AND OF BENJAMIN; for to these two tribes this city anciently and most properly belonged, although some also of other tribes dwelt in it; of which, and other things relating to this catalogue, see 1 CHRONICLES 9:3, &c. ATHAIAH, and his family and relations with him, and under hi... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:8

So here were more of Benjamin than of Judah, because the city did chiefly and most properly belong to that tribe, as hath been noted before.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:11

ONE OF THE CHIEF PRIESTS; who ruled with and under the high priest: see NUMBERS 3:32 1 CHRONICLES 9:11 2 CHRONICLES 19:11, 2 CHRONICLES 31:13.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:16

i.e. For those things belonging to the temple and its service, which were to be done without it, or abroad in the country, as for the gathering in of the voluntary contributions, or other necessary provisions, out of the several parts of the land. See 1 CHRONICLES 26:29.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:17

IN PRAYER, i.e. in the public and solemn prayers and praises which were constantly joined with the morning and evening sacrifice, at which the singers were present, and praised God with a psalm or hymn, which this man began.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:22

i.e. Were to take care at Jerusalem for the supply of such things as were necessary for the temple and the service of God, from time to time, whilst others minded the outward business, NEHEMIAH 11:16. And this office was very proper for them, both as they were Levites, to whose care those things bel... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:23

FOR; or, _therefore_; for the following words contain either a reason why they were set over that business, or a recompence for it, or a provision that they might diligently attend to it. THE KING'S COMMANDMENT; either, 1. David s, who made this constitution. Or rather, 2. The kings of Persia, who... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:24

AT THE KING'S HAND, or, _on the kings part_, to determine civil causes and controversies between man and man by the laws of that kingdom, which peradventure he understood better than Nehemiah, and therefore was appointed for this work, but still under Nehemiah. Or, _according to the king's appointme... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:25

KIRJATH-ARBA: this and most of the other places here named had been destroyed by the Chaldeans; but the Jews now repaired the best of the ruinated houses, and by degrees rebuilt others.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 11:36

Or, _for the Levites_ (to wit, those of them who were not settled in Jerusalem) there were divisions, i.e. places appointed for them, and distributed among them.... [ Continue Reading ]

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