Neemias 7:4-8 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-4

God saith concerning his church (Isa. 62:6), I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem! This is Nehemiah's care here; for dead walls, without living watchmen, are but a poor defence to a city. I. He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites, in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree, but now was revived. God's worship is the defence of a place, and his ministers, when they mind... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 7:5-73

We have here another good project of Nehemiah?s; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church. He knew very well that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the number and valour of the inhabitants than upon the height or strength of its walls; and therefore, observing that the people were few that dwelt in it, he thought fit to take an account of the people, that he might find what families had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:4

Now the city was large and great ,.... The circumference of it, all within the wall; for that was built on its old foundation, and enclosed as much ground as ever it did: Hecataeus F2 Apud Euseb. Praepar. par. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408. & apud Joseph. contr. Apion, l. 1. c. 22. , an Heathen writer, says the circumference of Jerusalem was fifty furlongs, which was more than six miles; but Josephus F3 De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 3. makes the circuit of it but thirty three... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:5

And my God put into mine heart ,.... Every good motion in him, and whatever he thought of that was conducive to the good and welfare of Jerusalem, Nehemiah always ascribed it to God; see 2 Corinthians 3:5 to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy ; that their number might be known, and of what families they were, and in what cities they formerly dwelt; and this was not only of use for the present purpose of Nehemiah, but was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:6-69

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity ,.... Who were of the province of Judea, as it was now reduced, and came up out of the captivity of Babylon through the edict of Cyrus; see Ezra 2:1 , where the same preface is given to the list of names as here; and from hence to the end of Nehemiah 7:69 the same account is given of persons and families as there, with some little difference of numbers and names; in some instances there are more in this list, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:4

The houses were not builded - The city was not yet rebuilt, only a row of houses in the inside of the wall all round. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:5

God put into mine heart - With this good man every good thing was of God. If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his heart; if he did any good, it was because the good hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good. Thus, in all his ways he acknowledged God, and God directed all his steps. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:7

Who came with Zerubbabel - The register which he found was that of the persons only who came long before Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Joshua the son of Josedek, which register could not answer in every respect to the state of the people then. Several persons and families were no doubt dead, and others had arrived since. Nehemiah probably altered it only in such parts, leaving the body of it as it was before; and this will account for the difference between it and the register that is found in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:8

The children of Parosh - As this chapter is almost entirely the same with the second chapter of the book of Ezra, it is not necessary to add any thing to what is said there; and to that chapter, and the accompanying notes, the reader is requested to refer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-4

Provision for safety and numerical increase. The wall being completed and the gates set in their places, Nehemiah takes measures for the regular defence of the city, and for increasing its population. I. THE GUARDING OF THE CITY - GATES he assigns to the gate-keepers of the temple, the singers, and the other Levites; "that of the walls," to the general inhabitants in turn, some to keep watch at certain appointed posts, others before their own houses; not only perhaps to be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 7:5-73

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:6-69

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-4

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