Ezra. Not Ezra the scribe,
Dedication of the Walls of Jerusalem. We should naturally expect this section to come after Nehemiah 6:15 , where the completion of the walls is r...
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophath...
The Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1-7 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3-8 s...
(27-43) The dedication of the wall. Henceforth Nehemiah speaks in his own person.
Ezra. — Probably the same as the Azariah preceding.
BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27-47 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus...
Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This is followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It...
Nehemiah had very largely described, in the former part of his book, the labours in building the wall; and therefore he will not pass over the dedica...
And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam. Not Ezra the priest and the scribe, for he has another place assigned him in this procession, Nehemiah 12:36 ,...
Then I brought up the princes And half of the people with them, as it is expressed afterward, Nehemiah 12:38 . Upon the wall For the wall was br...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel i...
The Dedication of the Wall. B. C. 444. ...
Ezra; not the scribe, as is evident from Nehemiah 12:36 , but another Ezra .
Purifications And Celebrations At The Dedication Of The Wall ( Nehemiah 12:27-43 ). Having established the newly walled Jerusalem as ‘the holy cit...
The Composition Of The First Company Who Went Towards The Dung Gate, The Fountain Gate And The Stairs Of David ( Nehemiah 12:31-37 ). It is almost...
Those Taking Part In The Ceremony Are Divided Into Two Great Companies Who Proceed To Circumnavigate The Wall, One Company Going One Way And The Oth...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites ( Nehemiah 12:1-26 ). The...
Nehemiah 12:47 . They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron. They dedicated and delivered not only th...
And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. The dedication of the wall In this dedication-- I. It was designed to offer thanks to God fo...
PART IV . DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA , WITH NEHEMIAH 'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE...
The Walls Dedicated
and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Nehemiah 10:2-7
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,