尼希米記 7:4-5 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 7:4

The city was large . Literally, "broad every way ." The houses were not builded . Much of the city consisted of open spaces, in which no houses had been as yet built. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 7:5

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles , etc. As Nehemiah contemplated the vast empty spaces within the city walls, and considered with himself how they might best be peopled, the thought came to him—and he hailed it as a Divine inspiration—that by taking a census of the people he might pave the way for some transfer of the inhabitants of the country districts into the capital, which would at any rate strengthen the latter, and lessen the desolate appearance of its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 7:5-69

An honourable register. Account of those who had returned to the Holy Land under Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and other leaders; found by Nehemiah when seeking guidance in making a general census of the people. In reading this record, the following observations suggest themselves:— I. THE COMPARATIVE FEWNESS AND GENERAL POVERTY OF THE RETURNING PEOPLE . The majority of their brethren preferred their position among the heathen to the honour and peril of aiding to re-establish... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 7:4

The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Nehemiah 7:66. Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1-20. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 7:5

It is argued by some that the entire catalogue which follows Nehemiah 7:7-73 is not the register of them “which came up ‘at the first’,” but of the Jewish people in Nehemiah’s time. Nehemiah 7:7 and Ezra 2:2 are, however, very positive in their support of the usual view; and some of the arguments against it are thought to be met by considering the Nehemiah of Nehemiah 7:7 and Ezra 2:2 a person different from Nehemiah the governor; and “Tirshatha” an official title likely to have belonged to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 7:4

Nehemiah 7:4 . The houses were not builded That is, not all, nor completely built; but only some slight buildings of boards or stones were erected, for the present use of the generality of the people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 7:5

Nehemiah 7:5. And my God put into my heart, &c. Whatever good motion is put into our minds, we must acknowledge it to come from God; and even what is done by human prudence is to be ascribed to the direction of divine providence. To gather together the nobles and the rulers of the people Not only for the particular end here mentioned, but for divers other weighty purposes and matters, of which the following chapters treat. That they might be reckoned by genealogy In order that it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

The wall completed (6:1-7:73)With the wall nearing completion, the enemies saw that their only hope lay in getting rid of Nehemiah himself. They tried to draw him out into the country where they could murder him, but Nehemiah was aware of their tricks (6:1-4). They then spread rumours, by means of an open letter, that Nehemiah was planning a revolt against Persia, but their efforts came to nothing (5-9).The enemies thought of yet another plan. They tried to make Nehemiah act in a way that would... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 7:4

large and great = wide, or open, and large. few therein. This could not have been said if Zerubbabel had already returned with nearly 50,000 people (Ezra 2:64-67 ). the houses were not builded = no sign of houses being built. This statement refers to the permanent stable habitations of the city proper which Haggai speaks of as being in existence forty-four years later (Haggai 1:4 , Haggai 1:9 ). The word bayith, house, means a dwelling, and in Nehemiah 2:3 with Nehemiah 3:31 is rendered... read more