“ And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, ”
Dedication of the Walls of Jerusalem. We should naturally expect this section to come after Nehemiah 6:15 , where the completion of the walls is recorded; like so many others, this section has bec...
Ezra. Not Ezra the scribe,
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; No JFB commentary on these verses.
The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1-7 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3-8 see also Ezra 2:36-39 .
(27-43) The dedication of the wall. Henceforth Nehemiah speaks in his own person.
BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27-47 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expe...
Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This is followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for som...
Nehemiah had very largely described, in the former part of his book, the labours in building the wall; and therefore he will not pass over the dedication of it. The account is truly interesting. And...
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam. Not Ezra the priest and the scribe, for he has another place assigned him in this procession, Nehemiah 12:36 , but this seems to be one of the princes.
Then I brought up the princes And half of the people with them, as it is expressed afterward, Nehemiah 12:38 . Upon the wall For the wall was broad and strong, and so built that men might conven...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city....
The Dedication of the Wall. B. C. 444. 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusal...
Ezra; not the scribe, as is evident from Nehemiah 12:36 , but another Ezra .
Purifications And Celebrations At The Dedication Of The Wall ( Nehemiah 12:27-43 ). Having established the newly walled Jerusalem as ‘the holy city' ( Nehemiah 11:1 ), properly inhabited by a peop...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites ( Nehemiah 12:1-26 ). These different lists are, in fact, all connected wit...
Nehemiah 12:47 . They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron. They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated i...
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. The dedication of the wall In this dedication-- I. It was designed to offer thanks to God for the completion of a good work. II. It was int...
PART IV . DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA , WITH NEHEMIAH 'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS , AND HIS EFFORTS FOR THE R...
The Walls Dedicated
Nehemiah 10:2-7