“ But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel:d and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. ”
Ophel, the southern spur of the temple hill, having a wall of its own Nehemiah 3:27 might be reckoned either in Jerusalem or outside it. Here it is made a separate place.
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...
the Nethinims... the Nethinims. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. App-6. The clause beginning and ending with the same word. See note on Ezra 2:43 .
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
(20-36) The heads in the country.
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...
(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...
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel ,.... An high place or tower on the wall of Jerusalem, see 2 Chronicles 27:3 , and Ziha, and Gispa, were over the Nethinims ; had the oversight of them, and took...
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the Nethinims. Ver. 21. Dwelt in Ophel ] See Nehemiah 3:26 . Some will have it to be not a tower, but a village, near to Jerusalem...
The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem, because they were to do the servile work of the temple; therefore they were to be posted near it, that they might be ready to atte...
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...
The Distribution of the People. B. C. 444. 20 And the residue of Israel, of the priest...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Distribution of Other Jews
2 Chronicles 27:3 ; Nehemiah 3:26 ; Nehemiah 3:31
The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel — Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem, because they were to do the servile work of the temple: therefore they were to be posted near it, that they might be ready to at...