PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Nehemiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 40,014 words · 201 reading sections
Nehemiah 8:11
Nehemiah 8:11 Ver. 11. So the Levites stilled all the people,.... Made them quiet and easy, being backed by the governor: saying, hold your peace; refrain from weeping and mourning: for the day is holy; a festival, set apart for joy and gladness: neither be ye grieved; inwardly; as they were not to show any signs o…
68 wordsSECTION 122Nehemiah 8:12
Nehemiah 8:12 Ver. 12. And all the people went their way to eat and to drink,.... Freely and cheerfully: and to send portions; to the poor, who had nothing to eat and drink: and to make great mirth; with music, vocal and instrumental: because they had understood the words that were declared unto them; the meaning o…
111 wordsSECTION 123Nehemiah 8:13
Nehemiah 8:13 Ver. 13. And on the second day were gathered together,.... The second day of the month, and of the new year, the day after the feast of blowing of trumpets, and after the law had been read and explained: the chief of the fathers of all the people: heads of tribes and families: the priests and the Levite…
150 wordsSECTION 124Nehemiah 8:14
Nehemiah 8:14 Ver. 14. And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses,.... The children of Israel, to be observed by them; either by hearing it read the day before, or by conversation with Ezra, they perceived it was enjoined in the law, particularly in…
51 wordsSECTION 125Le 23:39
Le 23:39 that the children of Israel should dwell in booths, in the feast of the seventh month: which was the same month, and this the second day of it, and therefore the time drew near for keeping it; for it was to begin the fifteenth.…
47 wordsSECTION 126Nehemiah 8:15
Nehemiah 8:15 Ver. 15. And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem,.... That is, as Jarchi interprets it, by supplying it thus, and they commanded that they should publish, &c. Ezra and those with him gave orders that heralds should proclaim in all cities where the Jews dwelt that …
915 wordsSECTION 127Nehemiah 9:1
Nehemiah 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 9 In this chapter we have an account of a fast kept by the Jews, which was observed, as by outward acts of humiliation, so by confession of sin, reading the law, and worshipping the Lord, Ne 9:1 and of a long prayer that the Levites made, in which they celebrate the divine perfec…
174 wordsSECTION 128Nehemiah 9:2
Nehemiah 9:2 Ver. 2. And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,.... Such as were genuine Israelites, of the seed of Abraham, who had married wives of the Gentiles, strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, either before the reformation by Ezra, not being then discovered, or had fallen into this evi…
126 wordsSECTION 129Nehemiah 9:3
Nehemiah 9:3 Ver. 3. And they stood up in their place,.... In the outward court of the temple, where men used to stand when they prayed and confessed their sins: and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God; that they might the better know the mind and will of God, and do their duty: this they did one fourth…
175 wordsSECTION 130Nehemiah 9:4
Nehemiah 9:4 Ver. 4. 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 sacrifice, and where they might be seen and heard by the people: Jeshua and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; who seem to be…
93 wordsSECTION 131Nehemiah 9:5
Nehemiah 9:5 Ver. 5. Then the Levites, Jeshua,.... Or, then the Levites, even Jeshua: and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah; the same as before, with a little variation of their names, and perhaps some of them might have two names: and said; to the men that stood and confessed t…
173 wordsSECTION 132Nehemiah 9:6
Nehemiah 9:6 Ver. 6. Thou, even thou art Lord alone,.... Whose name alone is Jehovah, the one only true and living God: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host; the airy and starry heavens, and the sun, moon, and stars in them, and the third heaven, the seat of God, angels, and saints: the …
135 wordsSECTION 133Nehemiah 9:7
Nehemiah 9:7 Ver. 7. Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram,.... From among the Chaldeans, and out of his father's family: and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees; by calling him from thence, of which see Ge 11:28, to which may be added what Amama {x} on that place observes; that some think that…
135 wordsSECTION 134Nehemiah 9:8
Nehemiah 9:8 Ver. 8. And foundest his heart faithful before thee,.... A true believer in his word and promises, Ge 15:6 and closely attached to the fear of him, and observance of his commands, as abundantly appeared in the trial of him, in offering up his son, Ge 22:1, and madest a covenant with him, to give the land…
154 wordsSECTION 135Nehemiah 9:9
Nehemiah 9:9 Ver. 9. And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,.... The hard bondage in which their lives were made bitter; and was not a mere spectator of it, but looked upon them in it with pity and compassion, and sent them a deliverer, Ex 2:23 and heardest their cry by the Red sea; which was before the…
92 wordsSECTION 136Nehemiah 9:10
Nehemiah 9:10 Ver. 10. And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land,.... By inflicting the ten plagues upon them: for thou knowest that they dealt proudly against them; behaved haughtily to them, and despised them, see Ex 18:11 so didst thou get thee a name,…
92 wordsSECTION 137Nehemiah 9:11
Nehemiah 9:11 Ver. 11. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land,.... That is, the Israelites, see Ex 14:21, and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps; with great ease, and with indignation, meaning the Egyptians, that pursued hotly after them, and …
78 wordsSECTION 138Nehemiah 9:12
Nehemiah 9:12 Ver. 12. Moreover, thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar,.... The Israelites, to shelter them from the heat of the sun in a dry and barren wilderness: and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go; through a trackless desert, see Ex 13:21.…
61 wordsSECTION 139Nehemiah 9:13
Nehemiah 9:13 Ver. 13. Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai,.... By some visible tokens of his presence, as a cloud, fire, smoke, &c. which must be understood consistent with his omniscience, see Ex 19:18, and spakest with them from heaven; the decalogue or ten commandments, Ex 20:1, and gavest them right judgment…
98 wordsSECTION 140Nehemiah 9:14
Nehemiah 9:14 Ver. 14. And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath,.... Which was not made known to others, and was peculiar to the Jewish nation, and a privilege granted to them, to have rest corporeal and spiritual, typical of the rest in Christ: and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Mos…
72 wordsSECTION 141Nehemiah 9:15
Nehemiah 9:15 Ver. 15. And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger,.... To satisfy that, meaning the manna, Ex 16:3 and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock, for their thirst; to quench it; this was done both quickly after they came out of the land of Egypt, and a little before their entrance into t…
2,831 wordsSECTION 142Nehemiah 10:1
Nehemiah 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 10 In this chapter we have the names of the persons that signed and sealed the covenant mentioned in the last chapter, Ne 10:1, and the things they agreed unto and promised to perform; in general to observe the law of God, in particular not to marry with the people of the land, …
340 wordsSECTION 143Nehemiah 10:28
Nehemiah 10:28 Ver. 28. And the rest of the people,.... That did not sign and seal: the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims; the porters and singers were Levites; but those so called were such as waited upon the priests, as the Nethinims were persons that waited on them: and all they that h…
145 wordsSECTION 144Nehemiah 10:29
Nehemiah 10:29 Ver. 29. They clave to their brethren, their nobles,.... Who had signed and sealed the covenant, they declared their approbation of it, attended to it, and ratified what they had done in their name: and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant o…
164 wordsSECTION 145Nehemiah 10:30
Nehemiah 10:30 Ver. 30. And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons,.... Intermarry with them as they had done, and were prone to do, and even did after this, Ne 13:23.…
46 wordsSECTION 146Nehemiah 10:31
Nehemiah 10:31 Ver. 31. And if the people of the land bring ware,.... Any thing to be sold, any sort of goods, that being sold might be taken away, as the word signifies; or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell; anything to make food of; wheat or barley, as Aben Ezra interprets it; the same word is rendered corn, …
174 wordsSECTION 147Nehemiah 10:32
Nehemiah 10:32 Ver. 32. Also we made ordinance, for us,.... Laws among themselves, binding them to that which the laws of God did not: to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel, for the service of the house of our God; the particulars of which follow in the next verse; for the defraying of which ther…
177 wordsSECTION 148Nehemiah 10:33
Nehemiah 10:33 Ver. 33. For the shewbread,.... To defray the expenses of the twelve loaves, which every week were set on the table of shewbread, Le 24:5, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering; for the daily sacrifice, morning and evening, which always had a meat offering along with…
167 wordsSECTION 149Nehemiah 10:34
Nehemiah 10:34 Ver. 34. And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people,.... The priests and Levites were in one lot, and the people in another, as Aben Ezra: for the wood offering; for providing wood to burn upon the altar continually, concerning which Maimonides {c} thus writes: "what is the wo…
1,218 wordsSECTION 150Nehemiah 11:1
Nehemiah 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 11 This chapter treats of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, those of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, who settled there by lot, or of their own accord, their names and numbers, Ne 11:1, and of the priests and Levites who dwelt there, Ne 11:10, and of the rest of the people, priests…
371 wordsSECTION 151Nehemiah 11:2
Nehemiah 11:2 Ver. 2. And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. Who were not taken by lot, but of their own accord settled at Jerusalem; they praised them for it, and wished them all happiness and prosperity, since they denied themselves of ease and profit for the sake…
125 wordsSECTION 152Nehemiah 11:3
Nehemiah 11:3 Ver. 3. Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem,.... That is, of Judea, reduced to a province by the king of Babylon, and now a province of the Persian monarchy: but in the cities of Judah dwelt everyone in his possession in their cities; in which they or their ancestors had form…
105 wordsSECTION 153Nehemiah 11:4
Nehemiah 11:4 Ver. 4. And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin,.... It belonging partly to one tribe and partly to the other, and so inhabited by both, as it originally was,…
41 wordsSECTION 154Jos 15:63
Jos 15:63 of the children of Judah; Athaiah; called Uthai, 1Ch 9:4 whose lineage is traced through Uzziah, Zechariah, Amariah, Shephatiah, Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; a son of Judah, see 1Ch 9:4.…
37 wordsSECTION 155Nehemiah 11:5
Nehemiah 11:5 Ver. 5. And Maaseiah,.... Who seems to be the same with Asaiah, 1Ch 9:5 and whose genealogy is carried up through Baruch, Colhozeh, Hazaiah, Adaiah, Joiarib, Zechariah, to Shiloni; perhaps the same with Shelah, another son of Judah, see 1Ch 9:5.…
46 wordsSECTION 156Nehemiah 11:6
Nehemiah 11:6 Ver. 6. All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. And so well qualified to defend the city against its enemies.…
33 wordsSECTION 157Nehemiah 11:7
Nehemiah 11:7 Ver. 7. And these are the sons of Benjamin,.... That were of that tribe, and inhabited Jerusalem, namely, that follow: Sallu the son of Meshullam; who from him is traced up through Joed, Pedaiah, Kolaiah, Maaseiah, Ithiel, to Jesaiah.…
42 wordsSECTION 158Nehemiah 11:8
Nehemiah 11:8 Ver. 8. And after him,.... That is, Sallu: were Gabbai and Sallai; in all nine hundred and twenty eight; there were more of the tribe of Benjamin than of the tribe of Judah, they having perhaps a greater share in the city, or were better disposed to dwell in it.…
53 wordsSECTION 159Nehemiah 11:9
Nehemiah 11:9 Ver. 9. And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer,.... Or chief governor of the city: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city; or the deputy governor of it; so Pitholaus is called an under governor in Jerusalem by Josephus {l} {l} Antiqu. l. 14. c. 6. sect. 1.…
57 wordsSECTION 160Nehemiah 11:10
Nehemiah 11:10 Ver. 10,11 Of the priests,.... Who dwelt in Jerusalem, of whom the same account is given in these two verses as in 1Ch 9:10, only Seraiah here is called Azariah there.…
36 wordsSECTION 161Nehemiah 11:12
Nehemiah 11:12 Ver. 12. And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two,.... That offered the sacrifices, burnt incense, set on the shewbread, lighted the lamps, &c. and Adaiah the son of Jeroham; see 1Ch 9:12 whose genealogy is traced here through Pelaliah, Amzi, Zechariah, Pashur…
57 wordsSECTION 162Nehemiah 11:13
Nehemiah 11:13 Ver. 13. And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two,.... That is, the brethren or relations of Adaiah: and Amashai; called Maasiai, 1Ch 9:12, whose lineage is traced here through Azareel, Ahasai, Meshillemoth, to Immer.…
43 wordsSECTION 163Nehemiah 11:14
Nehemiah 11:14 Ver. 14. And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight,.... The brethren of Adaiah and Amashai, who were able men to do the work of their office as priests, and men of courage to fight the enemy, and defend the city upon occasion: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one o…
83 wordsSECTION 164Nehemiah 11:15
Nehemiah 11:15 Ver. 15. Also of the Levites,.... Who dwelt in Jerusalem: Shemaiah the son of Hashub: traced from him through Azrikam and Hashabiah to Bunni; these were of the sons of Merari, the third son of Levi, see 1Ch 9:14.…
43 wordsSECTION 165Nehemiah 11:16
Nehemiah 11:16 Ver. 16. And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites,.... Along with Shemaiah; these had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God: who had the care of the repairs of the temple, and of getting in the wood for the altar, as Jarchi, and collecting the third part of the shekel…
70 wordsSECTION 166Nehemiah 11:17
Nehemiah 11:17 Ver. 17. And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,.... Zabdi is called Zichri in 1Ch 9:15 was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: he was the precentor, or led the song at the time of the daily sacrifice, in which prayer was also made, as in many of the songs, hy…
123 wordsSECTION 167Nehemiah 11:18
Nehemiah 11:18 Ver. 18. All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Who had their residence there, Ne 11:1.…
26 wordsSECTION 168Nehemiah 11:19
Nehemiah 11:19 Ver. 19. Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy two. Of whom see 1Ch 9:17.…
29 wordsSECTION 169Nehemiah 11:20
Nehemiah 11:20 Ver. 20. And the residue of Israel, of the priests and the Levites,..... All of them, besides those that dwelt at Jerusalem: were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance; the Israelites in the cities, houses, and estates enjoyed by their ancestors, and the priests and Levites in the cit…
62 wordsSECTION 170Nehemiah 11:21
Nehemiah 11:21 Ver. 21. But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel,.... An high place or tower on the wall of Jerusalem, see 2Ch 27:3, and Ziha, and Gispa, were over the Nethinims; had the oversight of them, and took care that they did their work; they were such themselves, but the principal of them, see Ezr 2:43.…
59 wordsSECTION 171Nehemiah 11:22
Nehemiah 11:22 Ver. 22. The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani,.... He was the supervisor of them, that looked after them that they did their work in ministering to the priests, as they had occasion for them; this man's genealogy is further traced through Hashabiah and Mattaniah, to Mi…
120 wordsSECTION 172Nehemiah 11:23
Nehemiah 11:23 Ver. 23. For it was the king's commandment concerning them,.... Either of King David as some, see Ne 12:24 or rather of the king of Persia: that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day; he settled a daily salary for them, to be paid out of his treasury; having perhaps a peculiar …
83 wordsSECTION 173Nehemiah 11:24
Nehemiah 11:24 Ver. 24. And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah, the son of Judah,.... The twin brother of Pharez, Ge 38:30 was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people; to speak for them to the king, as Jarchi; when they had a favour to ask of him, a petition to present to him, …
76 wordsSECTION 174Nehemiah 11:25
Nehemiah 11:25 Ver. 25. And for the villages, with their fields,.... The cities and villages in the country, an account of the inhabitants of them next follows: some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof; the same with Hebron, Jos 15:54 and at Dibon; the same with Dimonah, Jos 15…
488 wordsSECTION 175Nehemiah 12:1
Nehemiah 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 12 This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Ne 12:1, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Ne 12:27, and of the appointment of some p…
218 wordsSECTION 176Nehemiah 12:2
Nehemiah 12:2 Ver. 2-7. Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,.... Whose names are among the sealers of the covenant, Ne 10:3. Malluch is afterwards called Melicu, Ne 12:14, Shechaniah, called Shebaniah, Ne 12:14 and so in Ne 10:4 Rehum, who, by transposition of letters, is Harim, Ne 12:15, and so in Ne 10:5. Meremoth, called …
160 wordsSECTION 177Nehemiah 12:8
Nehemiah 12:8 Ver. 8. Moreover the Levites,.... Who lived in the same times: were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah; most of these are made mention of in Ne 8:7, the last of them is said to be over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren; he was the precentor, or had the directing and conducting…
86 wordsSECTION 178Nehemiah 12:9
Nehemiah 12:9 Ver. 9. Also Bakbukiah and Unni,.... Two other Levites; the first is mentioned in Ne 11:17, their brethren, were over against them in the watches; the Levites were divided into twenty four wards, and these were placed one against another, 1Ch 23:6.…
47 wordsSECTION 179Nehemiah 12:10
Nehemiah 12:10 Ver. 10,11. And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua. This is an account of the high priests in succession in the second temple, the first six of them; and if Jaddua, the last mentioned, is the same with Jaddus…
246 wordsSECTION 180Nehemiah 12:12
Nehemiah 12:12 Ver. 12-21. And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers,.... This was the son and successor of Jeshua, or Joshua, the first high priest of the second temple; the principal men of the priesthood in his time were as follow, and who were the sons, or however the descendants of the pri…
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