John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:23
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven ,.... Fulfilling the promise made to Abraham, Genesis 15:5 their number when they came out of Egypt, and just before they entered into the land of Canaan, being upwards of 600,000 men, besides women and children, Exodus 12:37 and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it ; the land of Canaan, promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4-38
We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh. 9:4, 5), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (1 Cor. 14:31; You may all prophesy one by one), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distance from each other, and each had a Levite to preside in it. 2. The work itself in which they employed... read more