Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nehemiah 11:1
To dwell — That the buildings of the city might be compleated, and the safety of it better provided for.
To dwell — That the buildings of the city might be compleated, and the safety of it better provided for.
CHAPTER XI _Lots are cast that a tenth of the people may constantly dwell_ _at Jerusalem, and the other nine parts in the other cities and_ _villages_, 1. _Some willingly offer themselves to dwell...
TO BRING ONE OF TEN - Artificial enlargements of capitals by forcible transfers of population to them, were not unusual in ancient times. About 500 B.C., Syracuse became a great city in this way. Trad...
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...
RULERS. princes. DWELT. At this time more thickly peopled than Nehemiah 7:4. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
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....
_And_ The copula has no connexion with the preceding chapter, and probably marks the compilatory character of the passage. _rulers_ R.V. PRINCES. _dwelt at_(R.V. in) _Jerusalem_ It has been suggested...
THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE DWELT AT JERUSALEM— Observing that the number of the inhabitants of Jerusalem was too few, Nehemiah had ordered that the principal men of the nation should, by way of example,...
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 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._ The rulers...
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...
וַ יֵּשְׁב֥וּ שָׂרֵֽי ־הָ עָ֖ם בִּ ירוּשָׁלָ֑
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...
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, (a) to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts [to dwell] in [other] cities. (a) B...
_Lots. Those who had a mind to fix their abode at Jerusalem, received every encouragement. But some were compelled, that the city might regain its ancient splendour, and become the bulwark of the nati...
(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...
CONTENTS We have in this chapter an account of the residence of the rulers and certain others who voluntarily undertook to make Jerusalem the place of their abode. The list also of those chosen by lo...
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 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. Ver. 1. _...
_The rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem_ Where their very office, in some sort, obliged them to dwell; and where, it seems, Nehemiah had desired the principal men of the nation, by way of example...
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...
LIST OF THE LEADING MEN...
And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem, the capital of the province. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ALSO CAST LOTS TO BRING ONE OF TEN, of the ordinary people, TO DWELL IN JERUSALEM, THE HOLY CITY, A...
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 CHAPTER 11 The rulers and the tenth man chosen by lot dwell at Jerusalem, NEHEMIAH 11:1,2. A catalogue of their names, numbers, and families, NEHEMIAH 11:3. The residue of the people dwell in...
Nehemiah 11:1 leaders H8269 people H5971 dwelt H3427 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 rest H7605 people H5971 cast H5307 ...
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)....
1 Chronicles 26:13; Acts 1:24; Deuteronomy 17:8; Deuteronomy 17:9;...