Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 10:29
Nehemiah 10:29. They clave to their brethren, their nobles The commonalty owned and ratified what the nobles had done in their names, declaring their assent to it by their words, or by lifting up of their hands, as the manner was. Great men never look so great as when they encourage religion, and are examples of it: and they would by that, as much as any thing, make an interest in the most valuable of their inferiors, who would cleave to them closer than they can imagine. Observe, their... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 10:30
That we would not give our daughters , etc. On the recurrence of the mixed marriages so soon after the reformation of Ezra, see the comment on Nehemiah 13:23 . read more