
Text -- Nehemiah 11:11 (NET)




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JFB -> Neh 11:11
Clarke -> Neh 11:11
Clarke: Neh 11:11 - -- Ruler of the house of God - He had the command over all secular matters, as the high priest had over those which were spiritual.
Ruler of the house of God - He had the command over all secular matters, as the high priest had over those which were spiritual.
TSK -> Neh 11:11
TSK: Neh 11:11 - -- Seraiah : Seraiah probably had also the name of Azariah. 1Ch 6:7-14, 1Ch 9:11, Azariah, Ezr 7:1-5
the ruler : He had the command over all secular matt...

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Barnes -> Neh 11:4-19
Barnes: Neh 11:4-19 - -- See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. ...
See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles:
1 Chron | Nehemiah | |
Tribes of Judah | ||
Of Pharez | 468 | |
Of Zerah | 690 | |
Tribe of Benjamin | 956 | 928 |
Tribe of Levi | ||
Priests | 1760 | 1192 |
Levites | 284 | |
Porters | 212 | 172 |
According to Nehemiah’ s numbers, supplemented from Chronicles, the entire adult male population of the city was 3,734, which would give a total population of 14,936. According to Chronicles, supplemented from Nehemiah, the adult males were 4,370, and consequently the entire population, would have been 17,480. As the Nethinims and the Israelites of Ephraim and Manasseh 1Ch 9:3 are not included in either list, we may conclude that the actual number of the inhabitants, after the efforts recorded in Neh 11:1-2, was not much short of 20,000.
The outward business of the house of God - Such as the collection of the newly-imposed tax Neh 10:32, the providing of the regular sacrifices, the renewal of vestments, and the like.
The principal to begin the thanksgiving - i. e., "the precentor,"or "leader of the choir."
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Poole -> Neh 11:11
Poole: Neh 11:11 - -- One of the chief priests who ruled with and under the high priest: see Num 3:32 1Ch 9:11 2Ch 19:11 31:13 .
One of the chief priests who ruled with and under the high priest: see Num 3:32 1Ch 9:11 2Ch 19:11 31:13 .
Haydock -> Neh 11:11
Haydock: Neh 11:11 - -- Achitob had the inspection over the Levites and treasures. Eliasib was then pontiff. (Calmet)
Achitob had the inspection over the Levites and treasures. Eliasib was then pontiff. (Calmet)
Gill -> Neh 11:11
Gill: Neh 11:11 - -- 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 shewbr...
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, to Malchiah.

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TSK Synopsis -> Neh 11:1-36
TSK Synopsis: Neh 11:1-36 - --1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem.3 A catalogue of their names.20 The residue dwell in other cities.
MHCC -> Neh 11:1-36
MHCC: Neh 11:1-36 - --In all ages, men have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, and not ...
Matthew Henry -> Neh 11:1-19
Matthew Henry: Neh 11:1-19 - -- Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Neh 11:10-14
Keil-Delitzsch: Neh 11:10-14 - --
Of the priests: Jedaiah, Joiarib, and Jachin, three heads of houses,therefore of orders of priests (for בּן before Joiarib probably creptinto the...
Constable: Neh 7:73--13:31 - --II. THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS chs. 8--13
One writer viewed chapters 8-13 (really 7:73-13:37) as the third part...

Constable: Neh 11:1--12:27 - --B. The Residents of the Land 11:1-12:26
When the exiles returned to the Promised Land, living in Jerusal...
