Nehemiah 11:21 KJV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 11:21

the Nethinims . . . the Nethinims. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. App-6 . The clause beginning and ending with the same word. See note on Ezra 2:43 . 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 11:20-36

(20-36) The heads in the country. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 11:21

(21) Ophel.—The Nethinims on the promontory of Ophel were either within or without the city, according as the one wall or the other was taken. Here they are regarded as outside. 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Nehemiah 11:1-36

III. THE PEOPLE ESTABLISHED, THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL, AND NEHEMIAH’s FINAL ACTS CHAPTER 11 1. The willing offerers (Nehemiah 11:1-2 ) 2. The heads of the residents of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:3-24 ) 3. The inhabitants outside of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 11:25-36 ) Nehemiah 11:1-2 . A splendid example of self-sacrifice is given in these two verses. Certain men willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem, and the people blest them for the willing sacrifice. It must be explained that... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 11:1-36

THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER CITIES (vv. 1-25) Jerusalem being God's center, the leaders of the people lived there, but the people evidently preferred other places, so that the proposal was made to cast lots as to who should live in Jerusalem. One out of ten were required to live there (v. 1). However, there were some who willingly offered to live there, and the people blessed these for their faith in doing so. There is a spiritual lesson in this. Do we want to live as near as we... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 11:1-36

INTERNAL REGULATIONS A NEW GENEALOGICAL RECORD (Nehemiah 7:0 ) The need for this assignment of duty to the two men named (Nehemiah 7:2 ), is not apparent unless Nehemiah contemplated a return to Persia. Later it will be seen that such return took place, but whether at this time or not, is not clear. To “fear God above many,” as Hananiah did, is a great commendation. It was customary to open the gates of a city at sunrise, but to do so in this case before the inhabitants were well awake and... read more