John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:35
For they have not served thee in their kingdom ,.... When in it, whether of Israel or of Judah, and when in the most flourishing circumstances: and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them ; amidst all the prosperity and affluence of good things they enjoyed, which was an obligation upon them to serve the Lord: and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them ; the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk, which lay open for them, their enemies being driven out before... 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