Nehemiah 11:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. ”

• Nehemiah 11:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The returned community, though consisting mainly of members of the two tribes, represented the entire people of Israel. The ground, however, which they occupied, was not the whole land, but that wh...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And the (g) residue of Israel, of the priests, [and] the Levites, [were] in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. (g) Of them who dwelt not in Jerusalem.

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  PART V (Nehemiah 11-13). The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. The Dedication of the Walls Internal Organisation. Nehemiah 11:1-36 . The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. This section consis...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  one . man.

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Measures to Supplement the Population of Jerusalem 1. This v. resumes the subject of the paucity of population in Jerusalem: see Nehemiah 7:4 . The rulers were already residing in the capital, an...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (20-36) The heads in the country.

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  We now begin the third and final division of the Book, in which is set forth the arrangements made for settlement of the cities. It is the last piece of history which the Old Testament contains. Some...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (20) В¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. (21) But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over t...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the residue of Israel, of the priests and the Levites ,..... All of them, besides those that dwelt at Jerusalem: were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance ; the Israelites i...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the residue of Israel, of the priests, [and] the Levites, [were] in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. Ver. 20. Were in all the cities ] Dispersed abroad to instruct the pe...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER CITIES (vv. 1-25) Jerusalem being God's center, the leaders of the people lived there, but the people evidently preferred other places, so that the proposa...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Distribution of the People. B. C. 444.       20 And the residue of Israel, of the priest...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Establishment Of Jerusalem As The Holy City, Populated By True Israelites; Its Worship Conducted By Those Specifically and Provably Appointed By God; Accepted from God With Due Gladness And Prai...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “This chapter is intimately connected with Nehemiah 7:4 , showing Nehemiah’s plan of increasing the population of the city. The genealogies and then the confession and covenant c...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Nehemiah 11:1 . To bring one in ten to dwell in Jerusalem. The inhabitants were not yet sufficiently numerous for the public works and services, and for the defence of the city. Hence it became ne...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  PART III . ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM , WITH THE NUMBER OF THE ADULT MALES , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS . VARIOUS LISTS OF PRIESTS A...

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• Nehemiah 11:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance, on the land occupied by his ancestors before the exile or in the city where t...

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