Nehemiah 7:15 NIV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 7:1-73

At last the wall was completed by setting up the doors, and placing in order porters, singers, and Levites. In the first few verses of this chapter we have an account of the arrangements for the safety of the city. They are characterized by statesmanlike caution. Through all the country round about there were enemies, and the position of the partially restored city, therefore, was one of perpetual peril. Nehemiah was conscious of this, and made the most careful provision for the hour for... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:7-38

The Number Of The Men Of Israel (Nehemiah 7:7-38 ). Nehemiah 7:7 ‘The number of the men of the people of Israel, This proud claim demonstrates that the returnees saw themselves as the foundation of the new Israel. They were the true Israelites, in contrast with the syncretists who had remained in the land, although any in the land who could demonstrate that the were genuine exclusive Yahwists were welcomed among their number (Ezra 6:21). These are divided up between those who are enrolled by... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:8-24

Those Enrolled By Family Association (Nehemiah 7:8-24 ). These submitted their numbers in terms of their clan. Those named would have been heads of clans centuries before, to whom the clan looked back with respect and awe. Compare Nehemiah 11:13 where a ‘son of Immer’ (Nehemiah 7:40) is given a fuller genealogy. And there are indications that prominent returnees may have reverted to the names of their ancestors as a sign of their new beginning and the re-establishment of Israel. Note the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:5-73

Nehemiah 7:5-Letter of Jeremiah : a. Enumeration of the Returned Exiles.— This section= Ezra 2:1-Wisdom of Solomon :; cf. the Greek Ezra 5:7-Esther :. As this list is approximately the same as that of the exiles who returned under Zerubbabel, it must have come originally from the archives in Jerusalem. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The second section of this book (chaps. 7–12:43) furnishes a description of the further efforts of Nehemiah to increase and insure the prosperity of the community in Judah and Jerusalem: first, by securing Jerusalem from hostile attacks; then, by seeking to increase the population of the city; and, lastly, by endeavouring to bring the domestic and civil life of the people into conformity with the precepts of the law, and thus to furnish the necessary moral and religious... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

Chapter 7Now in chapter 7:It came to pass, when the wall was built, and the doors, the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, that he gave his brother Hanani ( Nehemiah 7:1-2 ),Now this is the one who had come to Babylon and told him of the sad condition of Jerusalem and of the people.He gave them charge over Jerusalem: to these faithful men, who feared God above many. And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is up ( Nehemiah 7:2-3 );And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 7:1-73

Nehemiah 7:2 . I gave my brother Hanani, probably his eldest brother, who had come to Shushan to represent the injuries sustained by the Jews, from the governor in Samaria: Nehemiah 1:2. And Hananiah, ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem; Nehemiah being bound by promise to return to Persia. Nehemiah 7:4 . The city was large and great. The walls round about the upper and lower city, might be about a hundred furlongs, or twelve miles. The population of forty three thousand... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 7:15

Binnui: Ezra 2:10, Bani. 642 Reciprocal: Ezra 10:29 - Bani Nehemiah 10:14 - Bani read more