Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nehemiah 12:31
Princes — And half of the people with them. The wall — For the wall was broad and strong, and so ordered that men might conveniently walk upon it. Right hand — Towards the south and east.
Princes — And half of the people with them. The wall — For the wall was broad and strong, and so ordered that men might conveniently walk upon it. Right hand — Towards the south and east.
Verse 31. _THEN I BROUGHT UP THE PRINCES_] Perhaps this verse should be read thus: "Then I caused the princes of Judah to go upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs, [to sing praises,] and _two_...
I BROUGHT UP - Note the resumption of the first person, which has been laid aside since Nehemiah 7:5, and which is confirmed now to the end of the book. It is generally allowed that we have here once...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Priests and Levites at the time of the return under Zerubbabel and Joshua (Nehemiah 12:1)_ 2. The descendants of Joshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10) 3. The heads of the priestl...
DEDICATION OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM. We should naturally expect this section to come after Nehemiah 6:15, where the completion of the walls is recorded; like so many others, this section has become m...
COMPANIES OF THEM THAT GAVE THANKS. Heb, celebrations; "celebrations", or thanksgivings, put for the choirs who rendered them, by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6....
The Dedication of the Walls In the description of this solemn event, there is a return to the use of the 1st Pers. Sing. (Nehemiah 12:31_; Nehemiah 12:38; Nehemiah 12:40_). The compiler returns to th...
_the princes of Judah_ i.e. all the nobles of the nation. _upon the wall_ Much turns upon the meaning of the preposition here used. The words in the Hebrew, -from above, with respect to the wall" have...
Nehemiah's description of the dedication of the walls Two processions headed by the priests and Levites started from near the Valley or Jaffa Gate, and proceeded, the one by the northern, the other b...
6. The processional and dedication ceremonies are described. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:31-43 31 Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proce...
_AND THE SONS OF THE SINGERS GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER, BOTH OUT OF THE PLAIN COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM, AND FROM THE VILLAGES OF NETOPHATHI;_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
TWO GREAT _companies,_ etc.] RV 'two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession.' WENT ON THE RIGHT HAND] The two companies probably mustered on the W. side of the city, facing eastward:...
THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3 see also Ezra 2:36....
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 This is a list of the priests and *Levites who returned from *exile. They returned with Zerubbabe...
THE PRINCES. — The chiefs were assembled somewhere on the south-west wall, and then divided into two companies....
(27-43) The dedication of the wall. Henceforth Nehemiah speaks in his own person....
וָ אַעֲלֶה֙ אֶת ־שָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מֵ עַ֖ל
BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expedition fo...
Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This IS followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some c...
Then (i) I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [whereof one] went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: (i) Me...
Choirs. This is not expressed in Hebrew and Septuagint, but must be understood. Protestants, "great companies of them that gave thanks. Whereof one went." (Haydock) --- The princes led the way, then t...
Nehemiah had very largely described, in the former part of his book, the labours in building the wall; and therefore he will not pass over the dedication of it. The account is truly interesting. And a...
It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION 1. In Nehemiah 12:44-47 = people were appointed over the store rooms to collect the tithes, offerings, and firstfruits. a) Priests and singers were re-appoint...
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...
_Then I brought up the princes_ And half of the people with them, as it is expressed afterward, Nehemiah 12:38. _Upon the wall_ For the wall was broad and strong, and so built that men might convenien...
1 The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of hie Priests. 22 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27 The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls. 44 The offices of P...
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, literally, "two great thanksgivings," WHEREOF ONE WENT ON THE RIGHT HAND UPON THE WALL...
THE WALLS DEDICATED...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city. Ezr...
27-43 All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does not dedicate to the Lord. We are concerned to cleanse our h...
THE PRINCES OF JUDAH, and half of the people with them, as it is expressed afterwards, NEHEMIAH 12:38. UPON THE WALL; for the wall was broad and strong, and so ordered that men might conveniently walk...
Nehemiah 12:31 brought H5927 (H8686) leaders H8269 Judah H3063 wall H2346 appointed H5975 (H8686) two H8147 lar
THOSE TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO GREAT COMPANIES WHO PROCEED TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WALL, ONE COMPANY GOING ONE WAY AND THE OTHER COMPANY THE OTHER (NEHEMIAH 12:31). Nehemiah now...
THE COMPOSITION OF THE FIRST COMPANY WHO WENT TOWARDS THE DUNG GATE, THE FOUNTAIN GATE AND THE STAIRS OF DAVID (NEHEMIAH 12:31). It is almost certain that the processions commenced from the Valley Gat...
PURIFICATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL (NEHEMIAH 12:27). Having established the newly walled Jerusalem as ‘the holy city' (Nehemiah 11:1), properly inhabited by a people who were...
THE PURIFYING OF THE HOLY CITY (NEHEMIAH 12:27 TO NEHEMIAH 13:31). The prophecies concerning Jerusalem as ‘the holy city' had in mind the coming eschatalogical age, and its consequent purification (Is...
CONTENTS: Priests and Levites who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. Dedication of the walls. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Great mercies call f...
Nehemiah 12:47. _They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron._ They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated in N...
_And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem._ THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL In this dedication-- I. It was designed to offer thanks to God for the completion of a good work. II. It was intended t...
NEHEMIAH 12:27 Dedication of the Walls. This section describes the Levites’ role at the dedication of the completed city wall. Two great choirs precede the leaders in two companies on the wall, north...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 12:31 TWO GREAT CHOIRS symbolically enclose the whole city for the dedication. Ezra goes with the southern group, Nehemiah with the northern. DUNG GATE (v....
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites (Nehemiah 12:1). These different lists are, in fact, all connected with the...
PART IV. DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA, WITH NEHEMIAH'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS, AND HIS...
In chapter 12: Now these are the priests and the Levites (Nehemiah 12:1) And so it gives the names of those priests and Levites that were serving at the time, and it gives their genealogy in verses N...
1 Chronicles 13:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 5:2; Nehemiah 2:13;...