THESE. Nehemiah had given the heads of families (Nehemiah 7:6) and the numbers of the four classes of priests (Nehemiah 7:39). Compare Ezra 2:36. Here he inserts twenty-two names, the heads of priests' classes, or courses formed out of these four, "in the days of Jeshua" (Nehemiah 12:7). See Ezra 6:... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEF. heads.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LEVITES. Compare Ezra 2:40 with Ezr 7:43, above.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER AGAINST. corresponding to those in Nehemiah 12:8. IN THE WATCHES: i.e. the courses, or waitings.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEBAMAH. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Shechaniah".... [ Continue Reading ]
HELKAI. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read "Hilkai".... [ Continue Reading ]
DARIUS. Darius Hystaspis. See App-57 and App-58.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES: i.e. the public records or registers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MAN OF GOD. See App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true]God. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WARD. charge. THRESHOLDS. gatherings or storehouses.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOVERNOR. Pasha. Chaldee. _pechah._... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THANKSGIVINGS. Psalms 14. would have been. suitable psalm for the occasion, and Psalms 122.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SINGERS. Mentioned in Nehemiah 12:24. PLAIN COUNTRY. surrounding country.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE OF GILGAL. Hebrew Beth-Gilgal... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPANIES OF THEM THAT GAVE THANKS. Heb, celebrations; "celebrations", or thanksgivings, put for the choirs who rendered them, by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSHAIAH. Compare Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 43:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
EZRA. Not Ezra the scribe,... [ Continue Reading ]
OF DAVID: i.e. dating from, or invented by him.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STAIRS. See Nehemiah 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. at.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43. CHILDREN. offspring.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. men. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. OFFERINGS. heave offerings. INTO THEM. by them: i.e. these officers; not into the chambers, for "chambers" is fem, and "them" is masculine OF THE LAW. So in Cod. Hillel; but some codices, with one early printed edition, read "portions for thanksgiving".... [ Continue Reading ]
WARD. charge. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL ISRAEL. Used of Judah, Benjamin, and those who returned with them. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]