Nehemiah 12:27-13:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 12:27

Nehemiah 12:27. At the dedication of the wall Of the city itself, which is here dedicated to God, and to his honour and service, not only upon a general account, by which we ought to devote ourselves, and all that is ours, to God; but upon a more special ground, because this was a place which God himself had chosen, and sanctified by his temple and gracious presence, and which therefore did of right belong to him, whence it is often called the holy city. And they restored it to God by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 12:27-47

Dedication of the wall (12:27-13:3)The story continues from where it left off in 10:39. After the reading of the law, the celebration of the Festival of Tabernacles and the people’s oath of loyalty to the covenant, the wall was dedicated. Priests, Levites, singers, musicians and leading citizens joined in the ceremony (27-30). The people assembled at a point beside the wall on one side of the city. They then divided into two groups and set off marching in opposite directions around the wall.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 12:27

with thanksgivings. Psalms 14:0 7 would have been a suitable psalm for the occasion, and Psalms 122:0 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27

PREPARATION FOR THE DEDICATION CEREMONIES"And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgiving, and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres. And the sons of the singers gathered together from the circuit round Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites; also from Beth-gilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 12:27

Nehemiah 12:27. And at the dedication of the wall— Dedication was a religious ceremony, whereby a temple, altar, or vessel thereunto belonging, was, by the pronunciation of a certain form of blessing, consecrated to the service of God; and this dedication extended not only to things sacred, but to cities and their walls, and sometimes to private houses, Deuteronomy 20:5. As, therefore, Moses in the wilderness dedicated the tabernacle, and Solomon the temple, when he had finished it; so... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 12:27

27-43. at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem—This ceremony of consecrating the wall and gates of the city was an act of piety on the part of Nehemiah, not merely to thank God in a general way for having been enabled to bring the building to a happy completion, but especially because that city was the place which He had chosen. It also contained the temple which was hallowed by the manifestation of His presence, and anew set apart to His service. It was on these accounts that Jerusalem was... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 12:27-30

1. Preparations for the dedication 12:27-30Nehemiah enlisted Levites from all over Judah to guarantee that the dedication service would be properly grand. The people separated from uncleanness as they anticipated the sacrifices and worship that would take place. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 12:27-47

C. The Dedication of the Wall 12:27-47This portion of the book resumes the historical narrative in chronological order from Nehemiah 11:2 where it stopped. Probably the dedication took place soon after the covenant renewal ceremonies (chs. 8-10). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:1-47

The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1-7 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3-8 see also Ezra 2:36-39. 8. The Levites] cp. Nehemiah 10:9-14. Over the thanksgiving] RM ’over the choirs.’10. Jeshua] The high priest who returned with Zerubbabel. The succession of high priests is carried down to Jaddua, who was contemporary with Alexander the Great, so that the six generations cover the period from 536 to about 340. Eliashib the grandson... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 12:27

(27) They sought the Levites.—The dedication was to be processional and musical, as well as sacrificial: after the pattern of Solomon’s dedication of the Temple. read more

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