VII.
(1-4) Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a
complete fortress. The comparative thinness of the population taxed
the governor’s resources, and the result appears at a later stage.
(1) WERE APPOINTED. — _Placed in charge,_ probably over all the
walls. This was an extraordi... [ Continue Reading ]
(5-73) The genealogical reckoning of the people, as the first step
towards increasing the population of the metropolis, is determined on,
not without express Divine suggestion; the allusion to this
inspiration from God, is, as in Nehemiah 2:12, very emphatic. The
original register of Zerubbabelis fo... [ Continue Reading ]