George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Nehemiah 11:30
Bersabee. The southern extremity of Juda, (Menochius) unto the valley on the east of Jerusalem. (Adrichomius 186.)
Bersabee. The southern extremity of Juda, (Menochius) unto the valley on the east of Jerusalem. (Adrichomius 186.)
Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Joshua 15:27; Joshua 18:21....
III. THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED, THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL, AND NEHEMIAH'S FINAL ACTS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The willing offerers (Nehemiah 11:1)_ 2. The heads of the residents of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:3)...
PART V (Nehemiah 11-13). THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM AND JUDAH. THE DEDICATION OF THE WALLS INTERNAL ORGANISATION. Nehemiah 11:1. The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. This section consists of lists...
_Zanoah_ Cf. Joshua 15:34; cf. Joshua 3:13. _Adullam_ Cf. Joshua 15:35. _Lachish_ Cf. Joshua 15:39. _Azekah_ Cf....
Nehemiah 11:1 TO NEHEMIAH 12:26. Extracts from Registers and Public Lists 1, 2. Measures taken to increase the number of dwellers in Jerusalem. This passage seems to take up the thread which had bee...
6. Towns occupied in Judah and Benjamin. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 11:25-36 25 Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns,...
_AND AT HAZAR-SHUAL, AND AT BEERSHEBA, AND IN THE VILLAGES THEREOF,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
MEASURES TO SUPPLEMENT THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM 1. This v. resumes the subject of the paucity of population in Jerusalem: see Nehemiah 7:4. The rulers were already residing in the capital, and mean...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 11 The people had built the city called Jerusalem again. Then they returned to the smaller towns and v...
Nehemiah also recorded the names of the towns and villages of *Judah. We do not know much about the people in this chapter. They lived many years ago, but they did an important job for Nehemiah and f...
(20-36) The heads in the country....
FROM BEER-SHEBA UNTO THE VALLEY OF HINNOM. — The men of Judah spread from the extreme south to the extreme north of Judah, an extent of some fifty miles....
זָנֹ֤חַ עֲדֻלָּם֙ וְ חַצְרֵיהֶ֔ם לָכִישׁ֙ וּ...
We now begin the third and final division of the Book, in which is set forth the arrangements made for settlement of the cities. It is the last piece of history which the Old Testament contains. Some...
(20) В¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. (21) But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11. On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated themselves f...
1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by Lot, dwell at Ierusalem. 3 A catalogue of their names. 20 The residue dwell in other cities. [WHO DWELT IN IERUSALEM, AND THE CITIES OF IUDA...
Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, on the Philistine frontier, AT LACHISH, formerly a Philistine city, AND THE FIELDS THEREOF, AT ASEKAH, AND IN THE VILLAGES THEREOF. Many of these towns, which w...
DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER JEWS...
THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER CITIES (vv. 1-25) Jerusalem being God's center, the leaders of the people lived there, but the people evidently preferred other places, so that the proposal wa...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Nehemiah 11:30 Zanoah H2182 Adullam H5725 villages H2691 Lachish H3923 fields H7704 Azekah H5825 villages H1323 dwelt...
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF JERUSALEM AS THE HOLY CITY, POPULATED BY TRUE ISRAELITES; ITS WORSHIP CONDUCTED BY THOSE SPECIFICALLY AND PROVABLY APPOINTED BY GOD; ACCEPTED FROM GOD WITH DUE GLADNESS AND PRAISE...
TOWNS IN THE SHEPHELAH (THE WESTERN LOWLANDS) (NEHEMIAH 11:29). The Shephelah was the name given to the low hills and valleys which separated the Coastal Plain from the Central Highlands. It was well...
THE DWELLINGPLACES OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH OUTSIDE JERUSALEM (NEHEMIAH 11:25). Meanwhile, as Nehemiah 11:20 tells us, ‘the residue of Israel, of the priests and the Levites, were all in the cities of...
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE RESIDENCE OF THE RETURNEES (NEHEMIAH 11:21). We now have added to the previous information, which has indicated those who took up residence in Jerusalem, various details co...
FOLLOWING THE MAKING OF THE RENEWED COVENANT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW JERUSALEM AND OF THE RENEWED ISRAEL IS DESCRIBED (NEHEMIAH 11:1). Having renewed the covenant it was now necessary for the new...
CONTENTS: The dwellers at Jerusalem and the cities. CHARACTERS: Joel, Judah, Zabdrel, Shabbethai, Jozabad, Mathaniah, Uzzi, Pethahiah. CONCLUSION: Those who take care of the outward concerns of the...
Nehemiah 11:1. _To bring one in ten to dwell in Jerusalem._ The inhabitants were not yet sufficiently numerous for the public works and services, and for the defence of the city. Hence it became neces...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:1 The Population of Jerusalem and the Villages; Priests and Levites. These chapters depict the people’s efforts to populate Jerusalem....
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:30 FROM BEERSHEBA TO THE VALLEY OF HINNOM. The people of Judah lived south of Jerusalem. Beersheba was in the far south, and the Valley of Hinnom was on the southern edge...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “This chapter is intimately connected with Nehemiah 7:4, showing Nehemiah’s plan of increasing the population of the city. The genealogies and then the confession and covenant come...
PART III. ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM, WITH THE NUMBER OF THE ADULT MALES, AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS. VARIOUS
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, that one in ten might dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities (Nehemiah 11:1)....
2 Kings 23:10; Isaiah 37:8; Jeremiah 19:2; Jeremiah 19:6; Jeremiah