EXPOSITION
COMPLETION OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR GUARDING THE GATES
(Nehemiah 7:1). The wall and gate-towers being completed, nothing
remained but to hang the doors in the gateways, and to arrange for the
guard of the gates and the general security of the fortress. Nehemiah
speaks here of _hi... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
THE REGISTER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL, WITH THE NUMBER
OF THEIR SLAVES, BEASTS, AND OBLATIONS (Nehemiah 7:6). It is no doubt
a curious circumstance that this list should occur twice, with no
important differences, in the two Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Perhaps
it was not in... [ Continue Reading ]