Since the watch of the temple had hitherto been kept by porters, singers, and Levites 1 Chronicles 26:1, so now the watch of the entire city was committed to men of the same three classes, their experience pointing them out as the most suitable persons.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BROTHER HANANI - See Nehemiah 1:2. THE RULER OF THE PALACE - Or, “the governor of the fortress.” See the marginal reference note. HE - i. e. Hananiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL THE SUN BE HOT - An unusual precaution. The ordinary practice in the East is to open town gates at sunrise.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE WERE FEW - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Nehemiah 7:66. Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
It is argued by some that the entire catalogue which follows Nehemiah 7:7 is not the register of them “which came up ‘at the first’,” but of the Jewish people in Nehemiah’s time. Nehemiah 7:7 and Ezra 2:2 are, however, very positive in their support of the usual view; and some of the arguments again... [ Continue Reading ]
Compared with Ezra 2:69 there is considerable difference between the totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that of corruption in the one or the other of the passages. Nehemiah 7:73 DWELT IN THEIR CITIES - Nehemiah’s quotation from Zerubbabel’s register ends here, and the n... [ Continue Reading ]