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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:3 The TEMPLE SERVANTS, along with gatekeepers and singers (vv. Nehemiah 11:19, Nehemiah 11:21), were classes of Levites (see Ezra 2:40). THE DESCENDANTS OF SOLOMON’S SERVANTS. See note on Ezra 2:55–58. SONS OF JUDAH... SONS OF BENJAMIN. These two tribes of the southern k... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:11 The RULER OF THE HOUSE OF GOD is the high priest. WORK OF THE HOUSE probably means work inside the temple; contrast “outside,” v. Nehemiah 11:16. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:15 THE LEVITES were responsible for THE OUTSIDE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, a lesser role than that of the priests in v. Nehemiah 11:12. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:20 THE REST OF ISRAEL. That is, after a tenth of the population had been resettled in Jerusalem (v. Nehemiah 11:1). HIS INHERITANCE refers to property owned by one’s ancestors (see note on Ezra 2:59–63). OPHEL. See note on Neh. 3:26. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the royal court. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:30 FROM BEERSHEBA TO THE VALLEY OF HINNOM. The people of Judah lived south of Jerusalem. Beersheba was in the far south, and the Valley of Hinnom was on the southern edge of Jerusalem. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.len... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:31 The villages of Benjamin were mainly north and west of Jerusalem. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 11:36 The LEVITES were in effect a third tribe in the restored community. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]