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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Nehemiah 12

Nehemiah 12:1

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 12 The priests, NEHEMIAH 12:1, and Levites which came up with Zerubbabel, NEHEMIAH 12:8,9. The succession of high priests, NEHEMIAH 12:10. Certain chief Levites, NEHEMIAH 12:22. The manner of dedicating the wall, NEHEMIAH 12:27. The offices of priests and Levites, NEHEMIAH 12:44; of... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:2

In the repetition of Malluch's and some other men's names hereafter, NEHEMIAH 12:14, &c., there are some small variations, which are very frequent in that language.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:9

i.e. In the places where they were appointed to stand, and wait, and perform their office, one standing over against another, as it is explained, NEHEMIAH 12:24, ward over against ward; for the Hebrew word is the same there and here. Others, _according to their turns_, or _courses_, of which see 1 C... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:10

Here follows a catalogue of the Jewish high priests; which was the more necessary, because their times were now to be measured, not by the years of their kings, as formerly, but by their high priests. ELIASHIB; of whom see NEHEMIAH 3:1, NEHEMIAH 13:4,5.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:11

Generally supposed to be the same man who was high priest in the days of Alexander the Great, as Josephus mentions; whence a great difficulty ariseth, how Nehemiah could mention this man, who seems not to have been high priest till many years after Nehemiah's death. But it seems not necessary that t... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:12

As their fathers were priests in the days of Joshua, so in the days of Joiakim, the son of Joshua, the sons of those persons executed the priesthood in their fathers steads, some of their fathers probably being yet living, and many of them now dead.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:22

_ Either Darius Codomanus_, and then what was said concerning Jaddua, NEHEMIAH 12:11, must be in part repeated and applied here: or _Darius Nothus_; and so this Jaddua might be father to him who was in the days of Darius Codomanus, and of Alexander the Great.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:23

IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES, i.e. in the public annals or registers, in which the genealogies of the several families were set down by the Jews with great exactness, as all persons agree.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:27

AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL; and of the gates, which are mentioned NEHEMIAH 12:30; and of the city itself within the gates; which is here dedicated to God, and to his honour and service, not only upon a general account, by which we ought to devote ourselves, and all that is ours, to God; but upon... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:30

Partly by sprinkling the water of purification upon them, by which the tabernacle and sacred utensils were purified, NUM 8; and partly by solemn prayers and sacrifices.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:31

THE PRINCES OF JUDAH, and half of the people with them, as it is expressed afterwards, NEHEMIAH 12:38. UPON THE WALL; for the wall was broad and strong, and so ordered that men might conveniently walk upon it, as at this day it is in many cities. ON THE RIGHT HAND; towards the south and east.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:38

OVER AGAINST THEM, to wit, on the other side of the city, northward and eastward. THE BROAD WALL; which they made thicker and stronger than the rest of the wall, for some special reason.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:40

IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, i.e. in the courts of the temple. I, AND THE HALF OF THE RULERS WITH ME; and Ezra, and the other half with him, as appears by comparing this with NEHEMIAH 12:31,36.... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:44

FOR THE OFFERINGS; such as they had lately engaged themselves to give, or other voluntary or prescribed offerings. THE PORTIONS OF THE LAW, i.e. the foresaid first-fruits, and tithes, and other things which God by his law appointed for them. JUDAH REJOICED FOR THE PRIESTS AND FOR THE LEVITES THAT WA... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:45

THE WARD OF THEIR GOD, i.e. that ward, or charge, or business which God had prescribed to them. AND THE WARD OF THE PURIFICATION; and in particular THE CHARGE OF PURIFICATION, i.e. of taking care that no unclean person or thing might enter into the house or courts of the Lord; which care did certain... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:46

DAVID, AND ASAPH, and Heman, and Jeduthun, 1 CHRONICLES 25:1; but Asaph only is mentioned here, as the most eminent and useful in that work. THERE WERE CHIEF OF THE SINGERS; there were some overseers, whose office it was to see that the singers were fit for and diligent in their work; and therefore... [ Continue Reading ]

Nehemiah 12:47

THEY SANCTIFIED HOLY THINGS, i.e. they sequestered or set apart the first-fruits and tithes from their own share, and devoted them to the use of the Levites, to whom they belonged. And so did the Levites by the tithe of the tithes. Thus they all conscientiously paid their dues to God, or his assigns... [ Continue Reading ]

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