
Text -- Nehemiah 3:9 (NET)




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Wesley -> Neh 3:9
Wesley: Neh 3:9 - -- As Rome was anciently divided into several quarters or regions, so was Jerusalem; and especially into two parts, whereof one was in the tribe of Benja...
As Rome was anciently divided into several quarters or regions, so was Jerusalem; and especially into two parts, whereof one was in the tribe of Benjamin, and nearest the temple, the other in the tribe of Judah, these accordingly had two several rulers, this man and the other, Neh 3:12, but both under the chief governor of the city.
Clarke -> Neh 3:9
Clarke: Neh 3:9 - -- Ruler of the half part of Jerusalem - Probably the city was divided into two parts; one for Judah, and the other for Benjamin, each having its prope...
Ruler of the half part of Jerusalem - Probably the city was divided into two parts; one for Judah, and the other for Benjamin, each having its proper governor. Rephaiah mentioned here was one of these governors, and Shallum, mentioned Neh 3:12, was the other. There were other rulers or governors of particular country or village districts.
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Poole -> Neh 3:9
Poole: Neh 3:9 - -- As Rome was anciently divided into several quarters or regions, so was Jerusalem, and especially this was divided into two parts, whereof one was in...
As Rome was anciently divided into several quarters or regions, so was Jerusalem, and especially this was divided into two parts, whereof one was in the tribe of Benjamin, and nearest to the temple; the other in the tribe of Judah, and more remote from it; which accordingly had two several rulers, this man and the other, Neh 3:12 , but both under the chief governor of the city.
Haydock -> Neh 3:9
Haydock: Neh 3:9 - -- Street. Protestants, "of the half part," (Haydock) belonging to Benjamin. Sellum was the inspector of that part which fell to the share of Juda, ve...
Street. Protestants, "of the half part," (Haydock) belonging to Benjamin. Sellum was the inspector of that part which fell to the share of Juda, ver. 12., and chap. iv. 19. (Grotius) ---
Jerusalem, like all great cities, was divided into parts. (Calmet)
Gill -> Neh 3:9
Gill: Neh 3:9 - -- And next unto them repaired Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. That city belonging partly to the tribe of Judah, and p...
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. That city belonging partly to the tribe of Judah, and partly to the tribe of Benjamin; one part of it was under a governor that was of the tribe of Judah, as this man seems to be; and the other part under one of the tribe of Benjamin; see Neh 3:12.

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TSK Synopsis -> Neh 3:1-32
MHCC -> Neh 3:1-32
MHCC: Neh 3:1-32 - --The work was divided, so that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it, with a desire to excel; yet without contention, or separate interes...
Matthew Henry -> Neh 3:1-32
Matthew Henry: Neh 3:1-32 - -- The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Neh 3:6-12
Keil-Delitzsch: Neh 3:6-12 - --
From the gate of the old wall to the valley gate. - Neh 3:6 הישׁנה שׁער does not mean the old gate, for הישׁנה is genitive. Schultz(...
Constable: Neh 1:1--7:73 - --I. THE FORTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM chs. 1--7
"The first seven chapters of Nehemiah as well as 12:31-13:31 are wri...

Constable: Neh 3:1--7:5 - --B. The Rebuilding of the Walls 3:1-7:4
Nehemiah described the reconstruction of the walls starting with ...
