Nehemiah 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then stood up upon the stairs,b of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. ”

Nehemiah 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Septuagint and the Vulgate remove the comma after “stairs.” By the “stairs (or scaffold) of the Levites” is to be understood as an elevated platform from which they could the better address and...
Nehemiah 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stairs . platform. Omit the comma. Bani, and Chenani. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "sons of Chenani".
Nehemiah 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. Then stood up up...
Nehemiah 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Stairs, of the Levites. — The scaffold of the Levites, without the comma: the steps of ascent to the pulpit of Ezra ( Nehemiah 8:2 ). Bani, and Chenani. — Probably, Binnui and Haman ( Nehemi...
Nehemiah 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Hand in History Nehemiah 9:1-21 What a blessed result of the Bible-study of the previous chapter. It led to confession, separation from evil association and worship. It is good to review...
Nehemiah 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. (5) Then the Levi...
Nehemiah 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites ,.... On an ascent; an elevated place where the Levites used to stand when they sang at the time of sacrifice, and where they might be seen and heard by...
Nehemiah 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. Ver. 4. Then stood...
Nehemiah 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They stood upon the stairs Upon such stairs or pulpits as the Levites usually stood upon when they taught the people. But they stood upon several pulpits, each of them teaching that part of the con...
Nehemiah 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Upon the stairs, of the Levites, or, upon the scaffold, &c., i.e. upon such stairs, or rather scaffolds, or pulpits, as the Levites used to stand upon when they taught the people. But you must...
Nehemiah 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then stood up upon the stairs, the platforms from which the people were usually addressed, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bani, Sherebiah, Eani, and Chenani, and cried with a...
Nehemiah 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 20:19 ; Acts 7:60 ; John 11:43 ; Lamentations 3:8 ; Nehemiah 10:9-13 ; Nehemiah 12:8 ; Nehemiah 8:7 ; Nehemiah 9:5 ; Psalms 130:1 ; Psalms 3:4 ; Psalms 77:1
Nehemiah 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Stairs — Upon such stairs, or pulpits, as the Levites used to stand upon, when they taught the people. But they stood upon several pulpits, each of them teaching that part of the congregation which...

Nehemiah 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes