느헤미야 11:1 KRV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 11:1-36

Lists of Jerusalem residents (11:1-36)Most of the people who returned from exile had settled in the country around Jerusalem rather than in the city itself. Therefore, because Jerusalem was thinly populated, a resettlement scheme was put into practice. Under this scheme one tenth of the residents from the country areas came to live in Jerusalem and so increase its stability. In addition to these, a large group offered willingly to come and live in the city (11:1-2).A list is then given of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 11:1

rulers = princes. dwelt. At this time more thickly peopled than Nehemiah 7:4 . holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 11:1

INCREASING THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEMSeveral scholars link this chapter with Nehemiah 7, viewing the intervening three chapters as a unit; and it is true that Nehemiah 7:4 speaks of the fact that Jerusalem was a large area compared with the few people that lived in it. However, the unity of the Book of Nehemiah is apparent in the fact that every word of it pertains to the safety of the city of Jerusalem. The reading of the Mosaic law (Nehemiah 7), the extended confession and prayers of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 11:1

Nehemiah 11:1. The rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem— Observing that the number of the inhabitants of Jerusalem was too few, Nehemiah had ordered that the principal men of the nation should, by way of example, fix their habitations there; causing at the same time the rest to cast lots, whereby a tenth part of the whole people of Judah and Benjamin became obliged to dwell at Jerusalem, though those who came voluntarily were better received. One reason why the bulk of the Jews, who were... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 11:1

1. the rulers . . . dwelt at Jerusalem—That city being the metropolis of the country, it was right and proper that the seat of government should be there. But the exigency of the times required that special measures should be taken to insure the residence of an adequate population for the custody of the buildings and the defense of the city. From the annoyances of restless and malignant enemies, who tried every means to demolish the rising fortifications, there was some danger attending a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 11:1-24

1. The residents of Jerusalem 11:1-24Some leaders had already chosen to live in Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:1). Nehemiah initiated a plan to determine which one family in ten, of those not living in the city, would move into it (Nehemiah 11:1). Additional immigrants volunteered to live there (Nehemiah 11:2). There was a cross section of leaders, therefore, who lived in Jerusalem, while other leaders lived in the other towns of Judah (Nehemiah 11:3)."The city wall was built, and now a new measure to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 11:1-26

B. The Residents of the Land 11:1-12:26When the exiles returned to the Promised Land, living in Jerusalem was not an attractive prospect because the city lay in ruins. However, with the rebuilding of the temple and the walls, the capital became a more desirable place to live. Nehemiah as governor saw the wisdom of populating Jerusalem with pureblooded Jews and set about to encourage the people to live within the city walls. Most of this section of the book (Nehemiah 11:3 to Nehemiah 12:26) is a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 11:1-36

Measures to Supplement the Population of Jerusalem1. This v. resumes the subject of the paucity of population in Jerusalem: see Nehemiah 7:4. The rulers were already residing in the capital, and means were now taken to transport thither a proportion of the commons that had made their homes in the country towns (Nehemiah 11:3). The city had received fortifications; but these were useless unless they were manned.3. The province] i.e. Judæa: Ezra 5:8.4. At Jerusalem, etc.] The list that follows... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 11:1-2

XI.(1, 2) The history reverts to Nehemiah 7:5; lots are cast for the transfer of one-tenth of the people to the capital.(1) And the rulers.—The narrative joins on to Nehemiah 7:4. The festival month had prevented the immediate carrying out of the governor’s purpose.The rest of the people.—The rulers being already in the capital, Nehemiah ordered that one man in ten should be chosen by lot to transfer his family.Jerusalem the holy city.—Remembering the “separation” that had taken place (Nehemiah... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Nehemiah 11:1-36

Nehemiah 11:16 What is the House of God? 'A church.' Not necessarily. 'A chapel, a sanctuary, a tabernacle, a temple.' Not necessarily. You may have a cathedral without a house of God, and you may find in some little thatched cottage or chapel on the hillside all the cathedrals out of heaven. Hence it is that we must not look at magnitudes, sizes, revenues, apparatus, but at the ideal, the symbolic, the spiritual, the sacramental; then the great may become little and the little may become... read more