Nehemiah 9:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. ”

Nehemiah 9:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou didst divide them into corners - i. e., parts of the holy land; or as some prefer “thou didst distribute them on all sides.”
Nehemiah 9:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst (d) divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. (...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fast and a National Confession. All that took place, as described in this section, was the result of the reading of the Law. The command to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles having been observ...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

nations . peoples. divide them into corners . apportion them their lot. Hebrew. pe'ah . quarter, region. See Leviticus 19:9 ; Leviticus 23:22 . Compare Jeremiah 9:26 ; Jeremiah 49:32 . The wo...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. The la...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Moreover thou gavest them, &c.— Thou gavest them the kingdoms of the people, which thou didst divide to each of them. Houbigant. The author of the Observations gives a different explanation...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan....
Nehemiah 9:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Renewal of the Covenant 4. Stairs] lit. 'ascent': probably the pulpit of wood mentioned in Nehemiah 8:4 . Bani.. Bani ] One of the two names is probably an error for 'Binnui': cp. Nehemiah...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Divide them into corners. — Strict usage of the term would require: Thou didst divide unto them [these nations] in their boundaries. And the land. — There is a double reference to Sihon, king...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RELIGION OF HISTORY Nehemiah 9:1-38 AFTER the carnival-Lent. This Catholic procedure was anticipated by the Jews in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. The merry feast of Tabernacles was scarcel...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Ingratitude and Disobedience Nehemiah 9:22-38 The theme of this prayer is the covenant mercy of God. However great the provocation of the Chosen People, He never swerved from His...
Nehemiah 9:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After a brief interval, following the feast came the great day of humiliation. The people separated themselves entirely from all who were not actually within the Covenant, and gave themselves to conf...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preserv...
Nehemiah 9:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms and nations ,.... The two kingdoms of Sihon and Og, and the seven nations of Canaan: and didst divide them into corners ; or "corner"; into every corner of the...
Nehemiah 9:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. Ver....
Nehemiah 9:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And didst divide them into corners That is, the heathen nations, whom God in a great measure destroyed, and the remainders of them he dispersed into corners; that whereas, before the Israelites c...
Nehemiah 9:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL'S GUILT CONFESSED TO THEIR CREATOR (vv. 1-6) The Great Day of Atonement was on the first day of the seventh month, followed by the Feast of Tabernacles beginning the 15th day; but what...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prayer of the Levites. B. C. 444. 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites,...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Into corners, or, into a corner . But the singular number is very commonly put for the plural. This is understood, either, 1. Of the Israelites, to whom God divided by lot the kingdoms and nati...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Mourn Over Their Sins, Confess Them, And Are Led By The Levites In A Prayer Of Contrition And Remembrance Of God's Grace Continually Revealed Towards Them In The Past, In Hope That In The...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The confession recorded in this chapter uses largely the language of the older Scriptures. For Nehemiah 9:6 see Psalms 86:10 ; Exodus 20:11 , and Deuteronomy 10:14 . For Ne...
Nehemiah 9:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:1 . On the twenty fourth day of this month. The third day after the feast of tabernacles, the people assembled with fasting, to abjure associations with heathen women. See Ezra 10:3 ....
Nehemiah 9:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. The suppliant The true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their sanctifying effect on the life. Many a tree is gay with bl...
Nehemiah 9:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT , WITH CONFESSION OF SINS ; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE , AND SEALED TO BY THE PRINCES , PRI...
Nehemiah 9:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness
Nehemiah 9:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 2:26-36 ; Deuteronomy 3:1-17 ; Deuteronomy 32:26 ; Joshua 10:11 ; Joshua 11:23 ; Numbers 21:21-35 ; Psalms 105:44 ; Psalms 135:10-12 ; Psalms 136:17-22 ; Psalms 78:65
Nehemiah 9:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Divide — The Heathen nations, whom God in a great measure destroyed, and the remainders of them he dispersed into corners; that whereas before the Israelites came, they had large habitations, now t...

Nehemiah 9:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 9:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 9:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 9:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 9:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 9:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 9:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 9:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 9:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 9:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes