Nehemiah 11:1
RULERS. princes. DWELT. At this time more thickly peopled than Nehemiah 7:4. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
RULERS. princes. DWELT. At this time more thickly peopled than Nehemiah 7:4. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEFS. heads. BUT. and. ISRAEL. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. The common name of the nation, not of the ten tribes merely. THE NETHINIMS. See note on Ezra 2:43. CHILDREN. sons. Compare Ezr 7:57. Ezr 7:60. Ezra 2:55; Ezra 2:58.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHILONI. the Shilonite.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEF. heads.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _Gibbor._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRINCIPAL TO BEGIN THE THANKSGIVING. Or, [was] head: "the starting point [was], he was to praise at the time of prayer. " ABDA THE SON OF SHAMMUA. Probably. Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, as in 1 Chronicles 9:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5, or,. the Sanctuary's city.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE. man.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NETHINIMS... THE NETHINIMS. Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis._ App-6. The clause beginning and ending with the same word. See note on Ezra 2:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING'S: i.e. Darius Hystaspis. Compare Ezra 7:24. See App-57 and App-58.... [ Continue Reading ]
VILLAGES. Hebrew daughters, i.e. of the mother city. WITH THEIR FIELDS. in their fields: i.e. unwalled (Leviticus 25:31). Compare, for the names that follow, Joshua 15:13, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELT.. encamped.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VALLEY OF CRAFTSMEN. Compare Nehemiah 6:2 and 1 Chronicles 4:14. craftsmen. artificers.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE DIVISIONS, &C.: or, "Judah's divisions [were assigned] to Benjamin".... [ Continue Reading ]