“ Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ”
Many of the places mentioned in these verses are mentioned in Joshua 15:27-39 ; Joshua 18:21-28 .
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...
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, Hadid - This place is also unknown. Neballat - Also unknown.
And at Hazar-shual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, 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...
Nehemiah 11:31 .
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.
Following The Making Of The Renewed Covenant The Establishment Of The New Jerusalem And Of The Renewed Israel Is Described ( Nehemiah 11:1-36 ). Having renewed the covenant it was now necessary fo...
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
1 Samuel 7:17 ; 2 Samuel 4:3 ; Joshua 18:25 ; Matthew 2:18