Nehemiah 5:4

We have borrowed money for the king's tribute Which was laid upon them all, Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:24. Houbigant renders the last part of this verse, for the king's tribute on our lands and vineyards.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:21 ; Deuteronomy 28:47 ; Deuteronomy 28:48 ; Ezra 4:13 ; Ezra 4:20 ; Joshua 16:10 ; Nehemiah 9:37

⁴ There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 5:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 5:4