Nehemiah 7:1-73
A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL 2. Hanani] after carrying information to Nehemiah respecting the condition of JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 1:2), he must have returned with him to Judaea.... [ Continue Reading ]
A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL 2. Hanani] after carrying information to Nehemiah respecting the condition of JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 1:2), he must have returned with him to Judaea.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL THE SUN BE HOT] By this time the mass of the citizens would be astir. WHILE THEY STAND BY] RV 'while they (i.e. the sentries) stand _on guard._'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSES _were_ NOT BUILDED] i.e. the area of the city was not yet fully occupied with buildings.... [ Continue Reading ]
RECKONED BY GENEALOGY] It was proposed to take a census of all the persons of Jewish descent, with a view to transferring part of the country population to the capital. Particulars derived from such a census appear in Nehemiah 11:4. Here, however, the subject is for a time dropped, and the register... [ Continue Reading ]
BASONS] used in connexion with the sacrifices. FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PRIESTS' GARMENTS] For this should perhaps be substituted 'five hundred pounds of silver and thirty priests' garments,' a change which would make the quantities named in Nehemiah 7:70 approximate closely to those given in Ezra 2:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE SEVENTH MONTH CAME] These words in RV are connected with the subject of Nehemiah 8, the seventh month (Tishri) being probably the one immediately following the sixth (Elul) mentioned in Ezra 6:15.... [ Continue Reading ]