Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand (h) drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
(h) Read (Ezra 2:69).
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand (h) drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
(h) Read (Ezra 2:69).
Verse 70. _THE TIRSHATHA GAVE_] The _Septuagint_, particularly the copy in the _Codex Alexandrinus_, intimates that this sum was given _to the Tirshatha_, or Nehemiah: Και τῳ Αθερσαθᾳ εδωκαν εις θησ...
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. Nehemi...
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 7:5 A. ENUMERATION OF THE RETURNED EXILES. This section= Ezra 2:1; _cf._ the Greek Ezra 5:7. As this list is approximately the same as that of the exiles who returned under Zerubbabel, it mus...
SOME. a portion. CHIEFS. heads. GAVE. Nehemiah mentions what he, the chiefs, and the rest of the people gave. Ezra (Neh 2:68, Neh 2:69) mentions what only _one_ portion gave. Hence the numbers are n...
_And some of the chief of the fathers_ R.V. AND SOME FROM AMONG THE HEADS OF FATHERS" houses. So in Nehemiah 7:71. _The Tirshatha_ The contributions are here described in greater detail than in Ezra....
2. Nehemiah retraces the genealogies of first returning exiles. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 7:5-73 5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by gene...
_AND SOME OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS GAVE UNTO THE WORK. THE TIRSHATHA GAVE TO THE TREASURE A THOUSAND DRAMS OF GOLD, FIFTY BASONS, FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PRIESTS' GARMENTS._ Some of the chief of t...
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...
BASONS] used in connexion with the sacrifices. FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PRIESTS' GARMENTS] For this should perhaps be substituted 'five hundred pounds of silver and thirty priests' garments,' a change...
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...
The *Babylonians had destroyed the *temple when they took the *Jews into *exile. When the people had returned to *Judah at the time of Zerubbabel, they started to build the *temple. They started the...
(5-73) The genealogical reckoning of the people, as the first step towards increasing the population of the metropolis, is determined on, not without express Divine suggestion; the allusion to this in...
_[Nehemiah 7:69]_ וּ מִ קְצָת֙ רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽ...
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...
Athersatha; that is, Nehemias, as appears from chap. viii. 9. Either that he was so called at the court of the king of Persia, where he was cup-bearer, or that, as some think, this name signifies gove...
(70) And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. (71) And some of the...
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...
_The Tirshatha_ The governor, namely, Nehemiah. So it is no wonder that the number of the moneys, and other things here contributed, differ from that of Ezra, chap. 2., because this was another collec...
[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 GIFTS OF THE GOVERNOR AND OF THE PEOPLE...
And some at the chief of the fathers gave unto the work, namely, that of restoring the Temple and of beautifying its worship. THE TIRSHATHA, in this case apparently Nehemiah himself, GAVE TO THE TREAS...
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...
SOME: _ Heb._ part...
5-73 Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above. God gives knowledge, he gives grace...
THE TIRSHATHA, i.e. the governor, to wit, Nehemiah. So it is no wonder that the number of the monies, and other things here contributed, differ from that EZR 2, because this is another collection; tha...
Nehemiah 7:70 some H7117 heads H7218 fathers H1 gave H5414 (H8804) work H4399 governor H8660 gave H5414 ...
CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE TREASURY FOR THE TEMPLE (NEHEMIAH 7:70). It is at this point that this list differs considerably from the one in Ezra 2. This may have been because Sheshbazzar now being dead...
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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 7:5 A Record of Those Who Returned from Exile. Nehemiah lists the returned exiles from the time of Zerubbabel. ⇐...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 7:6 This list is virtually identical to the one in Ezra 2:1 (see notes there). Nehemiah’s next concern is to repopulate Jerusalem (see Neh. 7:4).
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 THE REGISTER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED UNDER ZERUBBABEL, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR SLAVES, BEASTS, AND OBLATIONS ...
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 28:17; 1 Chronicles 29:3; 1 Kings 7:45; 2 Chronicles 4:11;...