THESE ARE. This chapter is parallel with Nehemiah 7:69. See the Structure, p. 617, and App-58. CHILDREN. sons. THE PROVINCE: i.e. the Persian province of Judah. Compare Nehemiah 1:3. AND JUDAH. Some codices read "and unto Judsea". Compare Nehemiah 7:6. ONE. Hebrew. _Ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME WITH ZERUBBABEL. But not till _after_ Nehemiah 1:1 Nehemiah 7:4. See note on Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 1:3. In Nehemiah 7:4 no houses built, but in Haggai 1:4, houses built and yet Temple lying waste. JESHUA. The great helper of Zerubbabel. Nehemiah. Compare Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 10:1. See note o... [ Continue Reading ]
KIRJATH-ARIM. Now _Khan 'Er'ma._ Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "Kirjath-jearim".... [ Continue Reading ]
JEDAIAH. The head of the ninth course (1 Chronicles 24:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
IMMER. The head of the sixteenth course (1 Chronicles 24:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
PASHUR. Compare Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 1:21.Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 20:1 and 1 Chronicles 9:12. Probably belonging to the fifth course, as son of Malchijah. Compare 1 Chronicles 24:9 with Nehemiah 11:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARIM. The third course. These four were subdivided into six each, making the twenty-four.... [ Continue Reading ]
NETHINIMS. men given to God or His service. Temple servants. Compare Ezra 2:58; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 7:24; Ezra 8:17; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 11:21; 1 Chronicles 9:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALMAI. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint and Syriac, read "Selami".... [ Continue Reading ]
OF ISRAEL. See note on Ezra 2:2, and compare 1 Kings 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS POLLUTED, PUT. Revised Version. deemed polluted and put. Hebrew. _gaal,_ to pollute; not _ga'al,_ to redeem. Supply _Ellipsis_ thus: "therefore were they [rejected] from the priesthood as polluted", So in Nehemiah 7:64; Nehemiah 13:29; Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 63:3.Lamentations 4:14.Zephaniah 3:1. Mai... [ Continue Reading ]
TIRSHATHA. governor (Persian title). Here refers to Nehemiah, as in Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 12:26. The Hebrew title is _Pechah_ (Nehemiah 5:14; Nehemiah 5:18; Nehemiah 12:26). Whence the Turkish _Pashah._ See note on Ezra 5:3. NOT EAT OF THE MOST HOLY THINGS: i.e. the remains of the me... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly, or muster. FORTY AND TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THREESCORE. This number (42,360) agrees with Nehemiah 7:66. The two lists of _names_ are not alike; but there is no "discrepancy". The two lists, while they agree in the numbers, and vary in names, yet have the totals ident... [ Continue Reading ]
MAIDS. handmaids.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. a portion. Ezra mentions what _one_ portion gave. Nehemiah (Ezr 7:70) mentions what _he and two other_ portions gave. Hence the numbers "perforce" cannot be the same, and there is no "discrepancy". CHIEF. heads. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God... [ Continue Reading ]
TREASURE. treasury.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL ISRAEL. See note on Ezra 2:2, and 1 Kings 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]