John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:7
Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram ,.... From among the Chaldeans, and out of his father's family: and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees ; by calling him from thence, of which see Genesis 11:28 , to which may be added what Amama F24 Anti-barbar. Biblic. l. 3. p. 652. on that place observes; that some think that the sacred fire, which the Chaldeans worshipped, was kept in this city, from whence it was called Ur, that being worshipped by them and by the... 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