Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 7:3
Until the sun be hot - An unusual precaution. The ordinary practice in the East is to open town gates at sunrise.
Until the sun be hot - An unusual precaution. The ordinary practice in the East is to open town gates at sunrise.
Verse Nehemiah 7:3. _UNTIL THE SUN BE HOT_] The meaning of this is, the gates were not to be _opened_ before _sunrise_, and always _shut_ at _sunset_. This is the custom to the present day in many of...
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...
STAND BY: as on guard. SHUT. Hebrew. _guph_, to close, as. gate. ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. HOUSE. dwelling. See note on Nehemiah 7:4....
_I said unto them_ The reading of the C'thib, -He said," is clearly wrong. The K'ri is supported by the LXX. and Vulg. -Them," Hanani and Hananiah. _until the sun be hot_ Vulg. -Usque ad calorem solis...
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-...
_AND I SAID UNTO THEM, LET NOT THE GATES OF JERUSALEM BE OPENED UNTIL THE SUN BE HOT; AND WHILE THEY STAND BY, LET THEM SHUT THE DOORS, AND BAR THEM: AND APPOINT WATCHES OF THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALE...
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...
UNTIL THE SUN BE HOT] By this time the mass of the citizens would be astir. WHILE THEY STAND BY] RV 'while they (i.e. the sentries) stand _on guard._'...
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...
_וָ_†_אֹמַ֣ר_† לָהֶ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפָּֽתְח֞וּ שַׁעֲרֵ֤י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙...
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...
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while (a) they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jer...
_Sun. Literally, "the heat of the sun," or perfect daylight. (Haydock) --- They. Syriac and Arabic, "while it was still day," (Calmet) or the sun shone. Before dusk the gates were shut, to prevent any...
(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...
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...
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusal...
_Let not the gates be opened until the sun be hot_ Till it be clear and broad day; when the people will be ready in case of an assault. _While they stand by_ The watches appointed to that end. Nehemia...
[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...
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot, the custom being to open them at sunrise, when the enemies might still take advantage of the shadows to attempt an...
THE CHARGE OF THE CITY...
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...
UNTIL THE SUN BE HOT, i.e. till it be clear and broad day; when enemies approaching may be discovered, and the people of the city will be ready for the defence in case of an assault. WHILE THEY STAND...
Nehemiah 7:3 said H559 (H8799) gates H8179 Jerusalem H3389 opened H6605 (H8735) sun H8121 hot H2527 stand...
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...
_For he was a faithful man, and feared God above many._ FAITHFULNESS I. Consider the meaning of faithfulness. It is the reverent and constant acceptance of those duties springing out of the relations...
_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 7:2 On HANANI, see Nehemiah 1:2. He and HANANIAH possibly replace the “rulers” named in...
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...
Matthew 10:16; Nehemiah 13:19; Nehemiah 3:23; Nehemiah 3:28;...
Hot — 'Till it be clear and broad day; when the people will be ready in case of an assault. They — The watches appointed to that end. Watches — Nehemiah was now about to return to the court, and left...