Nehemiah 13:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and couldh not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. ”

Nehemiah 13:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The speech of Ashdod - The Philistine language, which was akin to that of Egypt. According to the language of each people - The children spoke a mixed dialect - half-Philistine, half-Hebrew.
Nehemiah 13:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Some Details of Nehemiah's Rule. This section, taken for the most part from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the Temple ( Nehemiah 13:4-9 ), his organisation for the main...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

according to the language. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "but with the tongue"
Nehemiah 13:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. Half in the speech of Ashdod - There were children in t...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, &c.— What the natural language of the Jews at this time was, whether Hebrew or Chaldee, is matter of some inquiry among the learned. Those...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. Could not speak in the Jews' language, but acco...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Reform of Abuses The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in connexion with the chambers of the Temple, the pr...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(23-29) The mixed marriages again.
Nehemiah 13:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER Nehemiah 13:1-31 THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded off with a perfect conclusion always leaves room for an appendix, which in its...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Disobedient and Gainsaying People Nehemiah 13:15-31 Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people o...
Nehemiah 13:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he retur...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have recorded another instance of the zeal of Nehemiah in reforming abuses, both as it concerned the divine honor, and the people's happiness. Nothing could be more important than the preserv...
Nehemiah 13:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod ,.... Which they learned of their mothers, so that it was a mixed language they spoke, partly Jewish and partly Philistine; but some refer this...
Nehemiah 13:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. Ver. 24. And their children spake half in the speech...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod , &c. What the natural language of the Jews at this time was, whether Hebrew or Chaldee, is matter of some inquiry among the learned. Those...
Nehemiah 13:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE (vv. 1-3) At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, becau...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Dismissal of Strange Wives. B. C. 434. 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which their mothers instilled into them, together with their principles and manners.
Nehemiah 13:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Separation From Idolatrous Foreign Women ( Nehemiah 13:23-27 ). Nehemiah's final act to which he calls God's attention is his purifying of Jerusalem (or possibly of the new Israel) from idolatrous...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY Notes.] Nehemiah 13:1 . On that day ] This is to be understood in the same sense as at that time , in chap. Nehemiah 12:44 . But no doubt public readings of the law took place frequ...
Nehemiah 13:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 13:6 . In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes. Having been governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned to the king, at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months a...
Nehemiah 13:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Elashib did. The religious reformer Remark-- I. The state of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s absence. II. The reforms he achieved. 1...
Nehemiah 13:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH 'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION ( Nehemiah 13:1-16 ). After having exercised the office of governor for twelve years, from b.c. 444 to b.c. 432, Nehemi...
Nehemiah 13:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Intermarriages Forbidden
Nehemiah 13:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zephaniah 3:9

Nehemiah 13:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 13:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 13:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 13:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 13:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 13:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 13:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 13:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 13:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 13:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 13:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 13:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 13:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 13:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge