Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Nehemiah 11
rulers = princes.
dwelt. At this time more thickly peopled than Nehemiah 7:4.
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.
chiefs = heads.
but = and.
Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. The common name of the nation, not of the ten tribes merely.
the Nethinims. See note on Ezra 2:43.
children = sons. Compare Ezra 7:57; Ezra 7:60. Ezra 2:55, Ezra 2:58.
the principal to begin the thanksgiving. Or, [was] head: "the starting point [was], he was to praise at the time of prayer. "
Abda the son of Shammua. Probably = Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, as in 1 Chronicles 9:16.
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.
villages. Hebrew daughters, i.e. of the mother city.
with their fields = in their fields: i.e. unwalled (Leviticus 25:31). Compare, for the names that follow, Joshua 15:13, &c.
the valley of craftsmen. Compare Nehemiah 6:2 and 1 Chronicles 4:14. craftsmen = artificers.
were divisions, &c. : or, "Judah's divisions [were assigned] to Benjamin".
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