Nehemiah 7

Introduction

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Neh.

Verse 1

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors Which was not done when Sanballat sent his first letter, but now was, , and the porters and the singers, and the Levites were appointed; not to attend the doors of the gates of the wall, but to return to their service in the…

Verse 2

That I gave my brother Hanani Who first brought him the melancholy account of the state of Jerusalem, (Neh. 1:2, Neh. 1:3) , and Hananiah the ruler of the palace; the king’s palace, in which the viceroy of the king of Persia dwelt, and now Nehemiah; to these two men he gave charge over Jerusalem;…

Verse 3

And I said unto them, let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot Or until the heat of the day, or near noon; at least not till the sun had been up some time, and shone out clearly, and caused much heat; that if any enemies were near, or lying in wait, they might be discovered,…

Verse 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 [[1]], an Heathen writer, says the circumference of Jerusalem was fifty furlongs, which was more than six miles; but…

Verse 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 to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy; that their…

Verse 6

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 , where the same preface is given to the list of names as here; and from hence to the end of…

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Verse 70

And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work Of building the city and the temple, and for that service, , the Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drachms of gold; each of which was one pound sterling, and so amounted to so many pounds: of these “dracmons”, or “darics”, a Persian…

Verse 71

And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work To be put into the treasure, out of which the expenses of the temple, and service of it were defrayed: twenty thousand drachms of gold; which were so many pounds of our money, and somewhat more: for, according to Bishop…

Verse 72

And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drachms of gold Worth as many pounds of our money, and somewhat more: and two thousand pound of silver; of which (See Gill on Neh.

Verse 73

So the priests and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities The same is said in , (See Gill on Ezra 2:70), and, when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities; the month Tisri, answering…