Because they denied themselves, and their own safety and profit, for the public good; for this city was the butt of all the malicious plots of their enemies; and for the present it was rather chargeable than beneficial to its inhabitants; whereas the country did more easily and certainly afford them supplies.
Verse Nehemiah 11:2. _ALL THE MEN THAT WILLINGLY OFFERED_] Some _volunteered_ their services, which was considered a sacrifice to patriotism at that time, as Jerusalem afforded very few advantages, an...
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...
_that willingly offered themselves_ Another group is here distinguished, i.e. those who volunteered to go and dwell in Jerusalem. They are not to be confused with those who were sent there, being chos...
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...
Part III. MISCELLANEOUS Ch. Nehemiah 11:1 to Nehemiah 12:26. Lists. Ch. Nehemiah 12:27-43. Dedication of the City Walls....
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT III. Persons Bound by Vows are Listed, and Reforms on Nehemiah's Second Visit are Described: Chapter s 11-13 A. The genealogies of residents of Jerusalem and names of...
_AND THE PEOPLE BLESSED ALL THE MEN, THAT WILLINGLY OFFERED THEMSELVES TO DWELL AT JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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 leaders of the people lived in the city. They would help Hanani and Hananiah to rule the people (Nehemiah 7:2). But a city can only be a great city if many people live there. The people who lived...
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...
XI. (1, 2) The history reverts to Nehemiah 7:5; lots are cast for the transfer of one-tenth of the people to the capital. (1) AND THE RULERS. — The narrative joins on to Nehemiah 7:4. The festival m...
וַֽ יְבָרֲכ֖וּ הָ עָ֑ם לְ כֹל֙ הָֽ
THE HOLY CITY Nehemiah 11:1 WE have seen that though the two passages that deal with the sparsity of the population of Jerusalem are separated in our Bibles by the insertion of the section on the rea...
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...
_Blessed. Applauding their zeal and disinterestedness, as the city was yet only a heap of ruins. (Calmet) --- Some from the other ten tribes returned; but the transactions of three tribes are more par...
(1) В¶ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. (2) And...
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...
_And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem._ Ver. 2. _And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves_] All the volunteers, tho...
_The people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves _ Besides those who were chosen by lot, it seems there were some that voluntarily chose to go and live there, whom the people highly c...
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...
And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem, namely, those, in addition to the tenth part chosen by lot, who willingly gave up their own homesteads in or...
LIST OF THE LEADING MEN...
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...
Nehemiah 11:2 people H5971 blessed H1288 (H8762) men H582 offered H5068 (H8693) dwell H3427 (H8800) Jerusalem...
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...
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...
THE REPOPULATING OF JERUSALEM AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOLY CITY (NEHEMIAH 11:1). The establishing of Jerusalem as ‘the holy city', a city cleansed of all defilement, was now seen as the first priorit...
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...
_And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem._ THE HOLY CITY REPLENISHED Jerusalem is called here the holy city, because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put His na...
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....
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 Corinthians 8:16; 2 Corinthians 8:17; Deuteronomy 24:13; Job 29:13;...
Blessed — Because they denied themselves, and their own safety and profit for the publick good; for this city was the butt of all the malicious plots of their enemies; and for the present it was rathe...