John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:28
But after they had rest ,.... From their enemies, enjoyed their liberty, and were in prosperity: they did evil again before thee ; relapsed into idolatry: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them ; as the Philistines had for the space of forty years, Judges 13:1 , yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies ; this was 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