HANANI. He must have returned to Jerusalem with Nehemiah. Compare Nehemiah 1:2. AND. even. Compare Nehemiah 1:2. PALACE. stronghold. Compare Nehemiah 2:8. North of Temple area. WAS. FAITHFUL MAN. was as [it were]truth's own man, man. FEARED. revered. GOD. Hebrew. _'eth_. _ha_ 'elohim. the [true... [ Continue Reading ]
STAND BY: as on guard. SHUT. Hebrew. _guph_, to close, as. gate. ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. HOUSE. dwelling. See note on Nehemiah 7:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
LARGE AND GREAT. wide, or open, and large. FEW THEREIN. This could not have been said if Zerubbabel had already returned with nearly 50,000 people (Ezra 2:64). THE HOUSES WERE NOT BUILDED. no sign of houses being built. This statement refers to the permanent stable habitations of the city proper wh... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. FOUND. This account probably written long after this date (426): say, between 404 and 400 B.C. Hebrew. I find that the list of names was, &c. I FOUND. REGISTER of the genealogy of them which came up at the first. It must be borne in mind that Nehemiah wrote long after... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL. That was in 426 B.C. The covenant and separation did not take place till 404 B.C. twenty-two years later (Nehemiah 10, where Zerubbabel is not mentioned, probably because then dead). THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. Another proof that Israel is not exclusively used of the ten tribes. See... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OTHER. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read _'echad =_. certain, instead of _'acher =_ another, or the other (rival).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OTHER. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "one", or "a certain", as above.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NETHINIMS. Descendants of the Gibeonites and other foreigners. Only 612 returned from Babylon: 392 with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:58. Ezr 7:60), and 220 with Ezra (Ezra 8:20. Ezr 11:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
MEHIDA. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "Mehira" (with r, _Resh)_ instead of Mehida (with d, _Daleth)._... [ Continue Reading ]
AMONG THOSE, &C.. wherein they were registered. Compare Ezra 2:62. IT WAS. Some codices, with six early printed editions, read "they were". AS POLLUTED, PUT. See note on Ezra 2:62.... [ Continue Reading ]
URIM AND THUMMIM. the Urim and the Thummim. See notes on Exodus 28:30; Numbers 26:55.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly, convocation, or muster. Compare Ezra 2:64. FORTY AND TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THREESCORE. This number (42,360) agrees with Ezra 2:64. Though the two lists are not identical, there is no discrepancy, but the difference shows the independence of the two accounts: Numbere... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR HORSES... MULES. This verse is found in some codices, with six early printed editions.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. a portion. CHIEFS. heads. GAVE. Nehemiah mentions what he, the chiefs, and the rest of the people gave. Ezra (Neh 2:68, Neh 2:69) mentions what only _one_ portion gave. Hence the numbers are necessarily different.... [ Continue Reading ]
POUND. Hebrew. _maneh._ App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NETHINIMS. See note on Ezra 2:43. THE SEVENTH MONTH. This was in 426 B. C, not in 404 B. C, which is referred to in Nehemiah 9:1 and Ezra 9:1. See App-58.... [ Continue Reading ]