John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:25
And they took strong cities ,.... Such as, in an hyperbolical way, are said to be walled up to heaven, Deuteronomy 1:28 and a fat land ; of a good and fruitful soil, abounding with all good things, Deuteronomy 8:7 and possessed houses full of all goods ; ready built and furnished for them, both with good provisions and good furniture: wells digged ; to supply them with water: vineyards, and olive yards, and fruit trees in abundance ; which they planted not: and they... 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