John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 11:4
And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin ,.... It belonging partly to one tribe and partly to the other, and so inhabited by both, as it originally was, Joshua 15:63 of the children of Judah; Athaiah ; called Uthai, 1 Chronicles 9:4 whose lineage is traced through Uzziah, Zechariah, Amariah, Shephatiah, Mahalaleel: of the children of Perez ; a son of Judah, see 1 Chronicles 9:4 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 11:1-19
Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh. 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon this account, one would think, the holy seed should all have chosen to dwell there and have striven for a habitation there; but, on the contrary, it seems they declined dwelling there, 1. Because a greater strictness of conversation was expected from the inhabitants of Jerusalem than from others, which they were not willing to come up to. Those who... read more