Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, Ver. 1. _When the wall was built_] For better defence of the city. _Moenia a munienda urbo dicuntur._ And I had set up the doors] We may not take this expressio... [ Continue Reading ]
That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] a faithful man, and feared God above many. Ver. 2. _That I gave my brother Hanani_] Of whom see Neh 1:2 Ezra 10:20 . _ And Hananiah the ruler of the palace_] The second person next to the gover... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house. Ver. 3. _Until the sun be... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded. Ver. 4. _Now the city was large_] Heb. Broad in spans or spaces. _ And great_] Yet nothing so great as Nineveh was of old; or Babylon then; or Alcair and Quinsay at this day. Of the former Bun... [ Continue Reading ]
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, Ver. 5. _And my God put into my heart_] Seeing how thinly th... [ Continue Reading ]
These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; Ver. 6. _These are the children, &c._] See Ezra 2:1,3, &c.,... [ Continue Reading ]