The Tekoites. — This verse is remarkable, as introducing men of Tekoah, not mentioned among Zerubbabel’s Returned, who furnish the solitary instance of internal opposition to the building; and as terming the common work “the work of the Lord.” The ordinary people of the place, however, did double duty. (See Nehemiah 3:27.)
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Nehemiah 3:5
5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.