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.
CHAPTER VII _Nehemiah makes use of proper precautions in guarding the city_ _gates_, 1-4. _He proposes to reckon the people according to their genealogies;_ _and finds a register of those who came...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. Provisions made for the defense of the city (Nehemiah 7:1)_ 2. The genealogy (Nehemiah 7:5) 3. Their whole number (Nehemiah 7:66) 4. The gifts for the work ...
NEHEMIAH'S PRECAUTIONS FOR GUARDING THE CITY FROM SUDDEN ATTACK. The internal intrigues just referred to (Nehemiah 6:17) necessitated constant vigilance on the part of Nehemiah; his measures are descr...
Nehemiah 7:1-5. Nehemiah's dispositions for the protection of the City 1. _the doors_ We saw in Nehemiah 6:1 that this alone remained to be done to complete the walls. Those who were responsible for t...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT G. Nehemiah finds the list of the first exiles to return. 1. Nehemiah makes arrangements for the continued defense and administration of the city. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 7:1-...
_NOW IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE WALL WAS BUILT, AND I HAD SET UP THE DOORS, AND THE PORTERS AND THE SINGERS AND THE LEVITES WERE APPOINTED,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON WITH ZERUBBABEL 2. Hanani] after carrying information to Nehemiah respecting the condition of JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 1:2), he must have returned with him to Jud...
The people had built the walls of Jerusalem and they had put the doors in place. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem had security at last. But Nehemiah had not finished his work. For 52 days, the people h...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 7 V1 So we had finished the construction of the wall. And I had put the doors in place. We had appoint...
VII. (1-4) Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a complete fortress. The comparative thinness of the population taxed the governor’s resources, and the result appears at a later...
וַ יְהִ֗י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִבְנְתָה֙ הַ חֹומָ֔ה
36-73, PUBLIC-SPIRITED CITIZENS Nehemiah 7:1 It is probable that Nehemiah returned to the Persian court on the completion of the first part of his enterprise, the building of the walls, and that he l...
At last the wall was completed by setting up the doors, and placing in order porters, singers, and Levites. In the first few verses of this chapter we have an account of the arrangements for the safet...
(1) В¶ Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, (2) That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the rul...
CONTENTS This chapter contains the account of the government of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. A register also of the genealogy of them, who re turned first from the captivity of Babylon, both of the peop...
The Joy of the Lord I. INTRODUCTION A. Chapter's 7 & 8 begin the "second phase" in the book of Nehemiah. 1. This "second phase" is the re-instruction of God's people - of the laws of Moses. 2. The...
God blesses the labours of the faithful Nehemiah, and Jerusalem is once more encompassed by walls; a less touching condition than when the city of God was defended by the altar of God, which was a tes...
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, Ver. 1. _When the wall was built_] For better defence of the...
_And the Levites were appointed_ When I had given orders that the Levites should be summoned from all places to celebrate the dedication of the wall, as was done, Nehemiah 12:27. _I gave my brother Ha...
[WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO IERUSALEM.] 1 Nehemiah committeth the charge of Ierusalem to Hanani and Hananiah. 5 A register of the genealogie of them which came at the first out of Babylon, 9 of t...
THE CHARGE OF THE CITY...
Now it came to pass, when the wail was built and I had set up the doors, completing everything as it had been planned, AND THE PORTERS AND THE SINGERS AND THE LEVITE. WERE APPOINTED, the Levites who h...
APPOINTMENTS MADE IN THE CITY (vv. 1-3) The wall of separation having been built and the doors hung in the gates, then appointments consistent with this separation were made (v. 1). Gatekeepers are...
1-4 Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family...
NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 7 Nehemiah committeth the charge of Jerusalem to Hanani and Hananiah, NEHEMIAH 7:1,2. His advice to them, NEHEMIAH 7:3,4. He finds out a register of the genealogy of them that came at...
Nehemiah 7:1 wall H2346 built H1129 (H8738) hung H5975 (H8686) doors H1817 gatekeepers H7778 singers H7891 ...
THE WALL BEING BUILT NEHEMIAH TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF JERUSALEM (NEHEMIAH 7:1). The walls having been rebuilt, and the doors in the gateways being in their place, what next remained was t...
CONTENTS: Jerusalem put in charge of Hanani and Hananiah. Genealogy of the first remnant. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Hanani, Hananiah. CONCLUSION: Those who fear God will evidence it by being faithf...
Nehemiah 7:2. _I gave my brother Hanani,_ probably his eldest brother, who had come to Shushan to represent the injuries sustained by the Jews, from the governor in Samaria: Nehemiah 1:2. _And Hanania...
_Now it came to pass, when the wall was built._ THE GUARDIAN OF THE HOLY CITY I. His care for Jerusalem’s protection. It is a beneficent law of our nature that the more true affection is exercised it...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 7:1 GATEKEEPERS, SINGERS, LEVITES is a typical grouping of worship officials (see Ezra 2:
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The second section of this book (chaps. 7–12:43) furnishes a description of the further efforts of Nehemiah to increase and insure the prosperity of the community in Judah and Jer...
EXPOSITION COMPLETION OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR GUARDING THE GATES (Nehemiah 7:1). The wall and gate-towers being completed, nothing remained but to hang the doors in the gateways, and to arra...
Now in chapter 7: It came to pass, when the wall was built, and the doors, the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, that he gave his brother Hanani (Nehemiah 7:1-2), Now this is t...
1 Chronicles 23:1; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 2 Chronicles 31:2; Ezra 3:8;...