my God put into mine heart R.V. my heart. For this expression see note on Nehemiah 2:12.

nobles … rulers(R.V. marg. deputies) … people cf. Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:14; Nehemiah 4:19.

thatthey might be reckoned by genealogy LXX. εἰς συνοδίας, Vulg. -ut recenserem eos." Nehemiah's census seems to be referred to in Nehemiah 11:1-3, from which passage we gather that the census was a preliminary to measures for replenishing the population of Jerusalem.

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