Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nehemiah 11:24
Was, &c. — Or, on the king's part, to determine civil causes and controversies between man and man, by the laws of that kingdom; between the king and people; as in matters of tribute, or grievances.
Was, &c. — Or, on the king's part, to determine civil causes and controversies between man and man, by the laws of that kingdom; between the king and people; as in matters of tribute, or grievances.
Verse 24. _PETHAHIAH _- WAS _AT THE KING'S HAND_] He was the governor appointed by the Persian king over the Jewish nation in those matters in which the civil government interfered with Jewish concern...
It is difficult to say what office Pethahiah filled. So far as we know, the only regular officers under the Persian system of government were the satrap, the subsatrap, the permanent royal secretary,...
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...
_Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel_(R.V. MESHEZABEL) … _Zerah_ On -Zerah the son of Judah" see note on Nehemiah 11:4. _at the king's hand_ What this exactly meant we are left to conjecture. Pethahiah w...
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...
5. Other groups. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 11:20-24 20 And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance. 21 But the temple servants we...
_AND PETHAHIAH THE SON OF MESHEZABEEL, OF THE CHILDREN OF ZERAH THE SON OF JUDAH, WAS AT THE KING'S HAND IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE PEOPLE._ Pethahiah ... was at the king's hand in all matters con...
11:24 hand (b-20) i.e. at Shushan....
_Was_ AT THE KING'S HAND] Possibly PETHAHIAH was a royal officer, subordinate to Nehemiah, having charge of civil, as distinct from ecclesiastical, matters....
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...
Asaph was a leader of the singers at the time of King David (1 Chronicles 6:39). He also wrote some of the Psalms in the Bible. His *descendants were the singers in the *temple. Although the king liv...
OF THE CHILDREN OF ZERAH. — This makes the absence of Zerah in the beginning of the chapter very remarkable, and suggests some accidental omission. AT THE KING’S HAND. — Pethahiah was the king’s agen...
(20-36) The heads in the country....
וּ פְתַֽחְיָ֨ה בֶּן ־מְשֵֽׁיזַבְאֵ֜ל מִ בְּנֵי...
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 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, (h) [was] at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. (h) Was chief about the king for all high affairs....
_People. They addressed themselves to him, (Haydock) and he gave an exact account to the king (Calmet) of Persia. (Menochius)_...
(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...
And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, [was] at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. Ver. 24. At the king's hand] Was his plenipotentiary. _...
_Pethahiah was at the king's hand_ Or _on the king's part_, to determine civil causes and controversies between man and man by the laws of that kingdom; between the king and people, as in matters of t...
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 Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah, the son of Judah, this family usually known as the Zarhites, WAS AT THE KING'S HAND IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE PEOPLE, the Persian k...
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...
AT THE KING'S HAND, or, _on the kings part_, to determine civil causes and controversies between man and man by the laws of that kingdom, which peradventure he understood better than Nehemiah, and the...
Nehemiah 11:24 Pethahiah H6611 son H1121 Meshezabel H4898 children H1121 Zerah H2226 son H1121 Judah H3063 kings H4
EXTRA DETAILS CONCERNING THE SINGERS/MUSICIANS (NEHEMIAH 11:22). The singers/musicians have already been mentioned in Nehemiah 11:17. Now further details are given concerning them. Nehemiah 11:22 ‘T...
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...
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...
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 11:23 COMMAND FROM THE KING must refer to the Persian king. The note about PETHAHIAH being AT THE KING’S SIDE indicates he oversaw Jewish affairs at
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 18:17; 1 Chronicles 23:28; Genesis 38:30; Matthew 1:3;...