Nehemiah 11:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 11:3

chiefs = heads. but = and. Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17 . The common name of the nation, not of the ten tribes merely. the Nethinims. See note on Ezra 2:43 . children = sons. Compare Ezr 7:57 ; Ezr 7:60 . Ezra 2:55 , Ezra 2:58 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 11:3

CHIEFS OF THE PROVINCE THAT DWELT IN JERUSALEM"Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. And in Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah, Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 11:3

3. the chief of the province—that is, Judea. Nehemiah speaks of it, as it then was, a small appendix of the Persian empire. in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities—The returned exiles, who had come from Babylon, repaired generally, and by a natural impulse, to the lands and cities throughout the country which had been anciently assigned them. Israel—This general name, which designated the descendants of Jacob before the unhappy division of the two kingdoms under... 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 11:3

(3) Of the province.—This betrays the hand of Nehemiah, who was still a Persian official as well as a governor of Judah; and it shows that here we have a general heading for the rest of the chapter. Both city and country are included in the rest of the verse.Israel.—The two Israelitish tribes were represented, but, like Judah before, this has become a generic name. 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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 11:1-18

THE HOLY CITYNehemiah 11:1-18WE have seen that though the two passages that deal with the sparsity of the population of Jerusalem are separated in our Bibles by the insertion of the section on the reading of The Law and the formation of the covenant, they are, in fact, so closely related that, if we skip the intermediate section, the one runs on into the other quite smoothly, as by a continuous narrative, {Nehemiah 8:18} that is to say, we may pass from Nehemiah 7:4 to Nehemiah 11:1 without the... 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

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