Nehemiah 7:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now the city was largea and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. ”

Nehemiah 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people were few - The number of those who returned with Zerubbabel was no more than 42,360 Nehemiah 7:66 . Less than 2,000 people had come with Ezra Ezra 8:1-20 .
Nehemiah 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Precautions for Guarding the City from Sudden Attack. The internal intrigues just referred to ( Nehemiah 6:17-19 ) necessitated constant vigilance on the part of Nehemiah; his measures a...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

large and great . wide, or open, and large. few therein. This could not have been said if Zerubbabel had already returned with nearly 50,000 people ( Ezra 2:64-67 ). the houses were not builded...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. The houses were not builded - The city was not yet rebuilt, only a row of houses in the insid...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. Now the city was large and great. The walls being evidently built on the old foundations, t...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A List of those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel 2. Hanani] after carrying information to Nehemiah respecting the condition of Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 1:2 ), he must have returned with him...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VII. (1-4) Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a complete fortress. The comparative thinness of the population taxed the governor’s resources, and the result appears at a la...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

36-73, Public-spirited Citizens Nehemiah 7:1-8 It is probable that Nehemiah returned to the Persian court on the completion of the first part of his enterprise, the building of the walls, and t...
Nehemiah 7:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last the wall was completed by setting up the doors, and placing in order porters, singers, and Levites. In the first few verses of this chapter we have an account of the arrangements for the safe...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, (2) That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ru...
Nehemiah 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now the city was large and great ,.... The circumference of it, all within the wall; for that was built on its old foundation, and enclosed as much ground as ever it did: Hecataeus b, an Heathen wri...
Nehemiah 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now the city [was] large and great: but the people [were] few therein, and the houses [were] not builded. Ver. 4. Now the city was large ] Heb. Broad in spans or spaces. And great ] Yet nothing...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The houses were not builded That is, not all, nor completely built; but only some slight buildings of boards or stones were erected, for the present use of the generality of the people.
Nehemiah 7:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

APPOINTMENTS MADE IN THE CITY (vv. 1-3) The wall of separation having been built and the doors hung in the gates, then appointments consistent with this separation were made (v. 1). Gatekeepers...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Completion of the Wall. B. C. 445. 1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, a...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Not all, nor completely built; but only some slight buildings of boards or stones were made for the present use of the generality of the people.
Nehemiah 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason For The Discovery Of The List ( Nehemiah 7:4-5 ). Nehemiah 7:4 ‘Now the city was wide and large, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not built.' The walls having been...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The second section of this book (chaps. 7–12:43) furnishes a description of the further efforts of Nehemiah to increase and insure the prosperity of the community in Judah and Je...
Nehemiah 7:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 7:2 . I gave my brother Hanani, probably his eldest brother, who had come to Shushan to represent the injuries sustained by the Jews, from the governor in Samaria: Nehemiah 1:2 . And Ha...
Nehemiah 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass, when the wall was built. The guardian of the holy city I. His care for Jerusalem’s protection. It is a beneficent law of our nature that the more true affection is exercise...
Nehemiah 7:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION COMPLETION OF THE WORK , AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR GUARDING THE GATES ( Nehemiah 7:1-16 ). The wall and gate-towers being completed, nothing remained but to hang the doo...
Nehemiah 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Charge of the City
Nehemiah 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Haggai 1:4-6 ; Isaiah 58:12 ; Matthew 6:33

Nehemiah 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 7:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 7:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge