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....

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 against sin....

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 out of Babylon, with_ _Zerubbabel_, 5-7. _A transcript of the register_, 8-10. _Account of those who came from other provinces; and of priests_ _who, because they could not show their register, were put away_ _from the priesthood as polluted_, 61-65. _The sum total of the congregation: of their men-servants and_...

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....

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 arrange for the guard of the gates and the general security of the fortress. Nehemiah speaks here of _his _having set up the doors (verse 1); but it appears from Nehemiah 3:1. that the actual work of so doing was intrusted, like the repairs of the wall, to the various working parties. Eliashib, with his brethren the priests, set up the doors of the sheep gate ...

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 7:70) Nehemiah 7:1. The wall had been finished and the doors set up. Porters, singers and the Levites were appointed, and Nehemiah gave to his brother Hanani and Hananiah, the ruler of the castle, charge over Jerusalem. The porters were gate keepers. These gate keepers are named in...

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 described in this section. Nehemiah 7:1. porters: better gatekeepers. THE SINGERS AND THE LEVITES: a mistaken addition by the Chronicler; their duties were concerned with the Temple and its services, not with the city gates. Nehemiah 7:2. the castle: see note on Nehemiah 2:8. Nehemiah 7:8. and. let them: the text gives no

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 the doors are mentioned in Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:6; Nehemiah 3:13-15. Nehemiah's completion of the great work is celebrated by the son of Sirach, -And among the elect was Neemias whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that wer

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 7:1-4 1 Now it came about when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 that I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. 3 Then I said to them, Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house. 4 Now the city was large and spacious but the people in it were

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 Judaea....