2 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:31
Ophel, the southern spur of the temple hill, having a wall of its own Nehemiah 3:27 might be reckoned either in Jerusalem or outside it. Here it...
PART V (Nehemiah 11-13). The Population of Jerusalem and Judah. The Dedication of the Walls Internal Organisation. Nehemiah 11:1-36 . The Popu...
the Nethinims... the Nethinims. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis. App-6. The clause beginning and ending with the same word. See note on Ezra 2:43...
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Measures to Supplement the Population of Jerusalem 1. This v. resumes the subject of the paucity of population in Jerusalem: see Nehemiah 7:4 . T...
(20-36) The heads in the country.
Ophel. — The Nethinims on the promontory of Ophel were either within or without the city, according as the one wall or the other was taken. Here th...
We now begin the third and final division of the Book, in which is set forth the arrangements made for settlement of the cities. It is the last piece...
(20) В¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. (21) But the Nethin...
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel ,.... An high place or tower on the wall of Jerusalem, see 2 Chronicles 27:3 , and Ziha, and Gispa, were over th...
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa [were] over the Nethinims. Ver. 21. Dwelt in Ophel ] See Nehemiah 3:26 . Some will have it t...
The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem, because they were to do the servile work of the temple; therefore they were to b...
THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND OTHER CITIES (vv. 1-25) Jerusalem being God's center, the leaders of the people lived there, but the people evi...
The Distribution of the People. B. C. 444....
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Establishment Of Jerusalem As The Holy City, Populated By True Israelites; Its Worship Conducted By Those Specifically and Provably Appointed By...
Following The Making Of The Renewed Covenant The Establishment Of The New Jerusalem And Of The Renewed Israel Is Described ( Nehemiah 11:1-36 ). H...
The Nethinim ( Nehemiah 11:21 ). We already know from Nehemiah 3:26 ; Nehemiah 3:31 that the Nethinim (given ones) dwelt in the Ophel. They wer...
Information Concerning The Residence Of The Returnees ( Nehemiah 11:21-36 ). We now have added to the previous information, which has indicated th...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “This chapter is intimately connected with Nehemiah 7:4 , showing Nehemiah’s plan of increasing the population of the city. The...
Nehemiah 11:1 . To bring one in ten to dwell in Jerusalem. The inhabitants were not yet sufficiently numerous for the public works and services, a...
PART III . ENLARGEMENT OF THE POPULATION OF JERUSALEM , WITH THE NUMBER OF THE ADULT MALES , AND THE NAMES OF...
Distribution of Other Jews
But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, on the southern slope of the Temple mount; and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim.
The Nethinims dwelt in Ophel — Which was upon the wall of Jerusalem, because they were to do the servile work of the temple: therefore they were to...
21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel:d and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.