Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Nehemiah 13:23
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Asbdod, women of the Philistines, of Ammon, and of Moab, the reforms of Ezra having been set aside;
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Asbdod, women of the Philistines, of Ammon, and of Moab, the reforms of Ezra having been set aside;
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The separation of the mixed multitude (Nehemiah 13:1)_ 2. The unholy alliance repudiated (Nehemiah 13:4) 3. Nehemiah's action in behalf of the Levites and singers (Nehemiah 13:10
SOME DETAILS OF NEHEMIAH'S RULE. This section, taken for the most part from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the Temple (Nehemiah 13:4), his organisation for the maintenance...
HAD MARRIED. Notwithstanding the covenant of Nehemiah 10:30 and Ezra 10:12; Ezra 10:14. ASHDOD. Now, _Esdud._ Joshua 15:46...
Nehemiah's protest against mixed marriages, cf. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 9:1 ff;...
_saw I Jews_ R.V. SAW I THE JEWS. The article which the R.V. rightly renders shows that Nehemiah is not making a general charge against the Jewish nation, but reports what he had seen in the instance...
5. Nehemiah deals with the problem of mixed marriages. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:23-29 23 In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 As for their children,...
_THERE DWELT MEN OF TYRE ALSO THEREIN, WHICH BROUGHT FISH, AND ALL MANNER OF WARE, AND SOLD ON THE SABBATH UNTO THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND IN JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
_That_ HAD MARRIED WIVES, etc] The same practice was condemned by Ezra (Nehemiah 9:10)....
THE REFORM OF ABUSES The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in connexion with the chambers of the Temple, the provi...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 13 Twelve years after the people rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to Persia. Some tim...
Nehemiah discovered something else when he returned to *Judah. Some of the men had married women from the nations called Ashdod, Ammon and Moab. God had ordered the people not to marry foreigners. He...
(23-29) The mixed marriages again....
SAW I JEWS. — The punishment shows that these were exceptional cases; but the transgression was of the most flagrant kind (see Nehemiah 13:1)....
גַּ֣ם ׀ בַּ † יָּמִ֣ים הָ הֵ֗ם רָאִ֤יתִי...
THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER Nehemiah 13:1 THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded off with a perfect conclusion always leaves room for an appendix, which in its turn may...
A DISOBEDIENT AND GAINSAYING PEOPLE Nehemiah 13:15 Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people of God, He...
In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he return...
In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of (l) Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab: (l) Which was a city of the Philistines and they had married wives from it and so had corrupted their sp...
_Azotus. In the country of the Philistines._...
Here we have recorded another instance of the zeal of Nehemiah in reforming abuses, both as it concerned the divine honor, and the people's happiness. Nothing could be more important than the preserva...
It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION II. Nehemiah 13:1-31 (NKJV) On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13. We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had blessed th...
In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab: Ver. 23. _In those days saw I Jews_] Outwardly, at least (as the apostle distinguishes, Rom 2:28), and that...
_Also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod_ A city of the Philistines; _of Ammon and of Moab_ They had married strangers, though not long before they had most solemnly promised not to do so, Ne...
1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is made from the mixed multitude. 4 Nehemiah at his returne, causeth the chambers to bee cleansed. 10 He reformeth the offices in the house of God. 15 The...
SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE (vv. 1-3) At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, because o...
HAD MARRIED: _ Heb._ had made to dwell with them...
23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children...
ASHDOD; a city of the Philistines, 1 SAMUEL 5:1,2, &c....
Nehemiah 13:23 days H3117 saw H7200 (H8804) Jews H3064 married H3427 (H8689) women H802 Ashdod H796 Ammon...
SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WOMEN (NEHEMIAH 13:23). Nehemiah's final act to which he calls God's attention is his purifying of Jerusalem (or possibly of the new Israel) from idolatrous foreign...
CONTENTS: Cleansing the temple. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem and his further reforms. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Eliashib, Tobiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing grieves a godly man more than to see th...
Nehemiah 13:6. _In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes._ Having been governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned _to the king,_ at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months at t...
_And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Elashib did._ THE RELIGIOUS REFORMER Remark-- I. The state of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s absence. II. The reforms he achieved. 1. His pu...
NEHEMIAH 13:23 The Problem of Intermarriage Again. As the returned exiles ignored covenantal commitments such as Sabbath keeping, they began losing their sense of identity as God’s special people. One...
EXPLANATORY Notes.] NEHEMIAH 13:1. ON THAT DAY] This is to be understood in the same sense as _at that time_, in chap. Nehemiah 12:44. But no doubt public readings of the law took place frequently dur...
EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION (Nehemiah 13:1). After having exercised the office of governor for twelve years, from B.C. 444 to B.C. 432, Nehemiah had had occasion to visit...
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of all the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Bec...
1 Samuel 5:1; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ezra 10:10; Ezra 10:44; Ezra 9:11;...