Nehemiah 9:4

stairs. platform. Omit the comma.

Bani, and Chenani. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "sons of Chenani".

Related Commentaries of 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 pla...
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 cel...
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 voi...
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 v...
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...
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...
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 Ne...
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 e...
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 actuall...
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 lou...
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 sac...
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 voi...
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 p...
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 Feas...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prayer of the Levites. B. C. 444. ...
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 sta...
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 Reve...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Chief Levites Who Led The Confession, Worship And Intercession ( Nehemiah 9:4-5 ). In Nehemiah 9:4 we presumably have a list of the princes...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cry of The Levites To God On Behalf Of The People ( Nehemiah 9:4-38 ). What follows was presumably the culmination of the three hours of confe...
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...
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...
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 sanctify...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT , WITH CONFESSION OF SINS ; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPL...
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, Ban...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness
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...
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...

⁴ 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.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 9:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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