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The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 11:14

Their brethren, mighty men of valour . Not "men of great courage," as Bp. Patrick explains, but "very able men for the work of the service of the house of God," as our translators render the parallel passage of Chronicles ( 1 Chronicles 9:13 ). Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men . Rather, as in the margin, "the son of Haggedolim." read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 11:4-19

See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles: 1 Chron Nehemiah Tribes of Judah Of Pharez 468 Of Zerah 690 Tribe of Benjamin 956 928 ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

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 11:4-19

(4-19) The heads in Jerusalem: as compared with 1 Chronicles 9:0, by no means complete. Judah and Benjamin are represented, with priests and Levites and porters. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 11:14

(14) Of valour.—Able for the service of God’s house: men of ability, therefore.The son of one of the great men.—Rather, son of Haggedolim. read more

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