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ABOVE THE HOUSE OF DAVID - This choir or procession went above (or
beyond) the old palace of David, following the line described in
Nehemiah 3:16, on their way to the eastern wall....
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Priests and Levites at the time of the return under Zerubbabel
and Joshua (Nehemiah 12:1)_
2. The descendants of Joshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10)
3. The heads of the priestl...
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DEDICATION OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM. We should naturally expect this
section to come after Nehemiah 6:15, where the completion of the walls
is recorded; like so many others, this section has become m...
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THE STAIRS. See Nehemiah 3:15....
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The Dedication of the Walls
In the description of this solemn event, there is a return to the use
of the 1st Pers. Sing. (Nehemiah 12:31_; Nehemiah 12:38; Nehemiah
12:40_). The compiler returns to th...
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Nehemiah's description of the dedication of the walls
Two processions headed by the priests and Levites started from near
the Valley or Jaffa Gate, and proceeded, the one by the northern, the
other b...
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_at_(R.V. BY) _the fountain gate_ For the position of this gate, see
note on Nehemiah 3:15.
_which_was _over against them_ R.V. AND STRAIGHT BEFORE THEM.
Apparently at this point, instead of followin...
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6. The processional and dedication ceremonies are described.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:31-43
31
Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I
appointed two great choirs, the first proce...
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_AND THE SONS OF THE SINGERS GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, BOTH OUT OF
THE PLAIN COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM, AND FROM THE VILLAGES OF
NETOPHATHI;_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
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THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM
1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1 likewise appear with some
variations in Nehemiah 10:3 see also Ezra 2:36....
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AND AT THE FOUNTAIN GATE, etc.] better, 'and by the fountain gate and
straight on.'...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 12
V1 This is a list of the priests and *Levites who returned from
*exile. They returned with Zerubbabe...
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(27-43) The dedication of the wall. Henceforth Nehemiah speaks in his
own person....
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וְ עַל֩ שַׁ֨עַר הָ עַ֜יִן וְ נֶגְדָּ֗ם
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BEGINNINGS
Nehemiah 12:27
A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already
met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus.
Zerubbabel leads up an expedition fo...
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Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is
completed. This IS followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of
the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some
c...
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And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by
the (l) stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,
above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
...
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_And, &c. Protestants, "And the other company of them that gave
thanks." --- And upon. Hebrew, "beyond." This company (Haydock)
proceeded northward. (Calmet)_...
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Nehemiah had very largely described, in the former part of his book,
the labours in building the wall; and therefore he will not pass over
the dedication of it. The account is truly interesting. And a...
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It's Not How You Start
I. INTRODUCTION
1. In Nehemiah 12:44-47 = people were appointed over the store rooms
to collect the tithes, offerings, and firstfruits.
a) Priests and singers were re-appoint...
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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...
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_By the stairs of the city of David_ By which they went up to the hill
of Zion and the city of David. _The other company that gave thanks
went over against them_ Namely, on the other side of the city,...
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1 The Priests,
8 and the Leuites which came vp with Zerubbabel.
10 The succession of hie Priests.
22 Certaine chiefe Leuites.
27 The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls.
44 The offices of P...
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And at the Fountain Gate, which was over against them, near the Pool
of Siloam, THEY WENT UP BY THE STAIRS OF THE CITY OF DAVID, leaving
the wall at the Tower of Siloam, AT THE GOING UP OF THE WALL, A...
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THE WALLS DEDICATED...
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PRIESTS AND LEVITES
(vv. 1-26)
In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and
Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for
the rebuilding of the city. Ezr...
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27-43 All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord
written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does
not dedicate to the Lord. We are concerned to cleanse our h...
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THE STAIRS OF THE CITY OF DAVID; by which they went up to the hill of
Zion, and city of David....
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Nehemiah 12:37 Fountain H5869 Gate H8179 up H5927 (H8804) stairs H4609
City H5892 David H1732 stairway H4608 wa
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THOSE TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GREAT COMPANIES
WHO PROCEED TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WALL, ONE COMPANY GOING ONE WAY AND
THE OTHER COMPANY THE OTHER (NEHEMIAH 12:31).
Nehemiah now...
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THE COMPOSITION OF THE FIRST COMPANY WHO WENT TOWARDS THE DUNG GATE,
THE FOUNTAIN GATE AND THE STAIRS OF DAVID (NEHEMIAH 12:31).
It is almost certain that the processions commenced from the Valley
Gat...
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PURIFICATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL (NEHEMIAH
12:27).
Having established the newly walled Jerusalem as ‘the holy city'
(Nehemiah 11:1), properly inhabited by a people who were...
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CONTENTS: Priests and Levites who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel.
Dedication of the walls.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Seraiah,
Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Great mercies call f...
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Nehemiah 12:47. _They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites
sanctified unto the children of Aaron._ They dedicated and delivered
not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated in
N...
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_And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem._
THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL
In this dedication--
I. It was designed to offer thanks to God for the completion of a good
work.
II. It was intended t...
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NEHEMIAH 12:27 Dedication of the Walls. This section describes the
Levites’ role at the dedication of the completed city wall. Two
great choirs precede the leaders in two companies on the wall, north...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:31 TWO GREAT CHOIRS symbolically
enclose the whole city for the dedication. Ezra goes with the southern
group, Nehemiah with the northern. DUNG GATE (v....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province
(chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites (Nehemiah
12:1). These different lists are, in fact, all connected with the...
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PART IV.
DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA, WITH
NEHEMIAH'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS, AND HIS...
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In chapter 12:
Now these are the priests and the Levites (Nehemiah 12:1)
And so it gives the names of those priests and Levites that were
serving at the time, and it gives their genealogy in verses N...