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* Machnadebai. or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies.
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# 41
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# 42
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* Nebo.
# 2:29 Ne 7:33
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* strange wives.
# Pr 2:16 5:3,20
* and some of them.
This observation was probably intended to shew that only a few
of them had children, and also how rigorously the law was put
in execution. According to a passage in Justin Martyr's
Dialogue with Trypho, a Jew, Ezra offered a paschal lamb on
this occasion, and addressed the people thus: "And Ezra said
to the people, This pass-over is our Saviour and our Refuge;
and if ye will be persuaded of it, and let it enter into your
hearts, that we are to humble to Him in a sign, and afterwards
shall believe in Him, this place shall not be destroyed for
ever, saith the Lord of hosts; but, if ye will not believe in
Him, nor hearken to his preaching, ye shall be a
laughing-stock to the Gentiles." This was probably a marginal
note added by some early Christian.
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF EZRA.
This book details the events of a very interesting period of
the Sacred History, when, according to the decree of
Providence, the Jewish people were to be delivered from their
captivity, at the expiration of seventy years, and restored to
the land of their fathers. This book informs us how the
Divine goodness accomplished this most gracious design, and
the movers and agents He employed on the occasion. Ezra was
undoubtedly the chief agent under God in effecting this
arduous work; and his zeal, piety, knowledge, and discretion,
appear here in a most conspicuous point of view, and claim our
utmost admiration. Descended from Seraiah, in a direct line
from Aaron, he seems to have united all the requisites of a
profound statesmen with the functions of the sacerdotal
character. He appears to have made the Sacred Scriptures,
during the captivity, his peculiar study; and, perhaps
assisted by Nehemiah and the great synagogue, he corrected the
errors which had crept into the Sacred Writings, through the
negligence or mistake of transcribers; he collected all the
books of which the Sacred Scriptures then consisted, disposed
them in their proper order, and settled the canon of
Scriptures for his time; he occasionally added, under the
dictation of the Holy Spirit, whatever appeared necessary for
the purpose of illustrating, completing, or connecting them;
he substituted the modern for the ancient names of some
places, which had now become obsolete; and transcribed the
whole of the Scriptures into the Chaldee character. He is
said to have lived to the age of 120 years, and, according to
Josephus, was buried in Jerusalem; but the Jews believe he
died in Persia, in a second journey to Artaxerxes, where his
tomb is shown in the city of Zamusa. Though not styled a
prophet, he wrote under the Divine Spirit; and the canonical
authority of his book has never been disputed. It is written
with all the spirit and fidelity that could be displayed by a
writer of contemporary times; and those parts which chiefly
consist of letters, decrees, etc., are written in Chaldee,
because it seemed more suitable to the fidelity of a sacred
historian to give these official documents, as they may be
termed, in the original language, especially as the people,
recently returned from the captivity, were familiar, and
perhaps more conversant with the Chaldee, than with the
Hebrew.
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1 Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of Jerusalem,
mourns, fasts, and prays.
5 His prayer.
* Nehemiah.
# 10:1
* in the month.
# Ezr 10:9 Zec 7:1
* in the twentieth.
# Ezr 7:7
* Shushan.
Shushan, or Susa, was the capital of Susiana, a province of
Persia, and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs;
situated about 252 miles east of Babylon, and the same
distance south-south-east of Ecbatana, in lat. 32 degrees,
long. 49 degrees. The circumference of its walls was about
120 stadia. Shouster is supposed to occupy its site.
# Es 1:2 3:15 Da 8:2
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* Hanani.
# 7:2
* I asked.
# Ps 122:6-9 137:5,6
* that had escaped.
# Ezr 9:8,9,14 Jer 44:14 Eze 6:9 7:16 24:26,27
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* the province.
# 7:6 11:3 Ezr 2:1 5:8 Es 1:1
* in great.
# 9:36,37 Ps 44:11-14 137:1-3 Isa 32:9-14 La 1:7 3:61 5:1
* reproach.
# 1Ki 9:7 Ps 79:4 Isa 43:28 Jer 24:9 29:18 42:18 44:8-12
* the wall.
# 2:17 2Ki 25:10 Isa 5:5 64:10,11 Jer 5:10 39:8 52:14
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* I sat down.
# 1Sa 4:17-22 Ezr 10:1 Ps 69:9,10 102:13,14 137:1 Da 9:3
# Zep 3:18 Ro 12:15
* the God.
# 2:4 Ezr 5:11,12 Da 2:18 Jon 1:9
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* the great.
# 4:14 De 7:21 1Ch 17:21 Ps 47:2 Da 9:4-19
* keepeth.
# Ex 20:6 De 7:9 1Ki 8:23 Heb 6:13-18
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* thine ear.
# 1Ki 8:28,29 2Ch 6:40 Ps 34:15 130:2 Da 9:17,18
* day and night.
# 1Sa 15:11 Ps 55:17 88:1 Lu 2:37 18:7 1Ti 5:5 2Ti 1:3
* confess.
# Ezr 9:6,7 10:11 Ps 32:5 Isa 64:6,7 La 3:39-42 Da 9:4,20
# 1Jo 1:9
* both I.
# 2Ch 28:10 29:6 Ps 106:6 Isa 6:5 La 5:7 Eph 2:3
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* dealt.
# 9:29-35 Ps 106:6 Da 9:5,6
* corruptly.
# 2Ch 27:2 Ho 9:9 Zep 3:7 Re 19:2
* the commandments.
# Le 27:34 De 4:1 5:1 6:1 28:15 1Ki 2:3 Ps 19:8,9 119:5-8
* which thou.
# De 4:5 2Ch 25:4 Ezr 7:6 Da 9:11,13 Mal 4:4
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* Remember.
# Ps 119:49 Lu 1:72
* If ye transgress.
# Le 26:33-46 De 4:25-27 28:64 32:26-28 1Ki 9:6,7
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* if ye turn.
# Le 26:39-42 De 4:29-31 30:2-5 Jer 29:11-14
* yet will I.
# 1Ch 16:35 Ps 106:47 147:2 Isa 11:12 56:8 Jer 12:15 31:10
# Jer 32:37 50:19,20 Mt 24:31
* will bring.
# Jer 3:14 Eze 36:24
* the place.
# De 12:5,21 1Ki 9:3 Ezr 6:12
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* Now these.
# Ex 32:11 De 9:29 Isa 63:16-19 64:9 Da 9:15-27
* whom.
# Ex 15:13 De 15:15 Ps 74:2
* thy strong.
# Ex 6:1 13:9 Ps 136:12 Da 9:15
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* Let now.
# 6 Ps 86:6 130:2
* who desire.
# Pr 1:29 Isa 26:8,9 Heb 13:18
* grant.
# 2:8 Ge 32:11,28 43:14 Ezr 1:1 7:6,27,28 Pr 21:1
* For I was.
The office of cup-bearer was one of great trust, honour, and
emolument, in the Persian court. To be in such a place of
trust he must have been in the king's confidence; for no
eastern potentate would have a cup-bearer to whom he could not
trust his life, poison being often administered in that way.
It was an office much desired, because it gave access to the
king in those seasons of hilarity when men are most disposed
to grant favours.
# 2:1 Ge 40:2,9-13,21,23 41:9
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1 Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness,
sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem.
9 Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem.
12 He views secretly the ruins of the walls.
17 He incites the Jews to build.
* Nisan.
# Es 3:7
* the twentieth.
# 1:1 Ezr 7:1,7
* I took up.
# 1:11 Ge 40:11,21
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* Why is thy.
# Ge 40:7
* sorrow.
# Pr 15:13
* Then I.
Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that
Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face
indicated some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed,
the words rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered
evil, and wickedness of heart.
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* Let the king.
Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for
ever.
# 1Ki 1:31 Da 2:4 3:9 5:10 6:6,21
* the city.
# 1:3 Ps 102:14 137:6 La 2:9
* the place.
# 2Ch 21:20 28:27 32:33
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* For what.
# 1Ki 3:5 Es 5:3,6 7:2 Mr 10:51
* So I prayed.
# 1:4,11 2Sa 15:31 Pr 3:6 Php 4:6
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* If it please.
# Ezr 5:17 Es 1:19 5:8 7:3 8:5
* and if thy.
# Ru 2:13 2Sa 14:22 Pr 3:4
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* the queen. Heb. the wife.
It was probably Esther who was present at this time, and who
seconded Nehemiah's request.
* So it pleased.
# 4 1:11 Isa 58:12 61:4 65:24
* I set him a time.
It is probable that this time was no more than six months, or
a year; after which he either returned, or had his leave of
absence lengthened, as we find he was twelve years governor of
the Jews.
# 5:14 13:6
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* let letters.
# 9 Ezr 6:6 7:21
* that they may.
# Ezr 8:22
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* the wall.
# 17 3:1-32
* the house.
# 3:7 7:2
* the king.
# 18 Ge 32:28 Ezr 5:5 6:22 7:6,9,27,28 Pr 21:1 Isa 66:14 Da 1:9
# Ac 7:10 26:22 2Co 8:16
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* to the governors.
# 7
* Now the.
# Ezr 8:22
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* Sanballat.
# 19 4:1-3,7 6:1
* Horonite.
# Isa 15:5 Jer 48:5,34
* the servant.
# Pr 30:22 Ec 10:7
* the Ammonite.
# 13:1
* it grieved.
# Nu 22:3,4 Ps 112:10 122:6-9 Pr 27:4 Eze 25:6-8
# Mic 7:9,10,16,17 Ac 4:2 5:24 19:26,27
* there was come.
# Ezr 4:4-23
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# Ezr 8:32
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* I arose.
# Ge 32:22-24 Jos 10:9 Jud 6:27 9:32 Mt 2:14
* neither.
# Ec 3:7 Am 5:13 Mic 7:5 Mt 10:16
* my God.
This pious and noble-minded man attributes every thing to God.
If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his
heart; if he did or received any good, it was because the good
hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was
because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good.
# Ezr 7:27 Ps 51:18 122:6 Jer 31:33 32:40 2Co 8:16 Jas 1:16,17
# Re 17:17
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* the gate.
# 15 3:13 2Ch 26:9
* the dung port.
This was the gate on the eastern side of the city, through
which the filth was carried to the brook Kidron and valley of
Hinnom.
# 3:13,14 12:31
* the walls.
# 3,17 1:3 Jer 5:10
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* the gate of the fountain.
The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east
of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west.
# 3:15 2Ki 18:17 20:20 2Ch 32:30
* the king's pool.
Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of
Gihon to the city of David.
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* the brook. The brook Kidron.
# 2Sa 15:23 Jer 31:38-40 Joh 18:1
* the gate.
The gate leading to the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of the
city, through which the brook Kidron flows. It was by this
gate he went out; so that he went round the whole of the city,
and entered by the same gate.
# 13
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* the rulers.
# 12
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* Ye see.
# La 2:2,8,9 3:51
* come.
# Ezr 5:1,2 10:2-4 Isa 35:3,4
* a reproach.
# 1:3 1Sa 11:2 Ps 44:13 79:4,12 89:50,51 Jer 24:9 La 3:45,46
# Eze 5:14 22:4,5
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* the hand.
# 8
* So they strengthened.
# 2Sa 2:7 1Ch 11:10 19:13 2Ch 32:5 Ezr 6:22 Hag 1:13,14
# Eph 6:10 Php 2:13
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* Sanballat.
# 10 6:1,2
* Geshem.
# 6:9
* Gashmu. they.
# Job 30:1 Ps 44:13,14 79:4 80:6 Jer 20:8 Mr 5:40 Heb 11:36
* will ye rebel.
# 6:6 Ezr 4:15,16 Lu 23:2 Joh 19:12 Ac 24:5
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* The God.
# 4 2Ch 26:5 Ps 20:5 35:27 102:13,14 122:6 Ec 7:18
* ye have no.
# Ezr 4:3 Ac 8:21
* memorial.
# Ex 28:29 Le 2:2 24:7 Nu 10:10 Isa 56:5 Zec 6:14 Ac 10:4,31
When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and
perhaps in David's words, Ps 51:18, he did not sit still and
say, "Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do;"
but set himself to do what he could towards it; and here we
find that the people were of one heart with Nehemiah. Our
prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, or else
we mock God. Nearly four months had passed, namely, from
Chisleu to Nisan (November to March), before Nehemiah made his
application to the king for leave to go to Jerusalem; either
because the winter was not a proper time for such a journey,
and he would not make a motion till he could pursue it, or
because it was so long before his month of waiting upon the
king came, and there was no coming into his presence until
called for, Es 4:11. We are not thus limited to certain
moments in our addresses to the King of kings, but have
liberty of access to him at all times; to the throne of grace
we never come unseasonably.
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1 The names and order of them that built the wall.
* Eliashib.
# 12:10 13:28
* the sheep gate.
This gate is supposed to have immediately communicated with
the temple, and to have been called the sheep gate, because
the sheep intended for sacrifice passed through it. But,
after all which learned men have written on this subject,
which is but of little interest, we scarcely know any thing
about these gates: what they were, why called by these names,
or in what part of the wall they were situated, beyond what
may be learned from the parallel passages.
# 12:39 Joh 5:2
* sanctified it.
# 12:30 De 20:5 Ps 30:1 *title
# Pr 3:6,9
* the tower.
# 12:39 Jer 31:38 Zec 14:10
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* next unto him. Heb. at his hand. the men.
# 7:36 Ezr 2:34
* Zaccur.
# 10:12
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* the fish gate.
# 12:39 2Ch 33:14 Zep 1:10
* the beams.
# 6 2:8
* the doors.
# 6:1 7:1
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* Meremoth.
# 21 10:15
* Urijah.
# Ezr 8:33
* Uriah. Meshullam.
# 10:7
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* the Tekoites.
# 27 2Sa 14:2 Am 1:1
* their nobles.
# Jud 5:23 Jer 5:4,5 1Co 1:26 1Ti 6:17,18
* put not.
# Jer 27:2,8,12 30:8,9 Mt 11:29 Ac 15:10
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# 12:39
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* the Gibeonite.
# Jos 9:3-27 2Sa 21:2
* Mizpah.
# 19 2Ch 16:6
* the throne.
That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of
the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal
abode: for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected
by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription
wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it
the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting
upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to
governors.
# 2:8
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* the goldsmiths.
# 31,32 Isa 46:6
* of the apothecaries.
# Ge 50:2 Ex 30:25 Ec 10:1
* fortified. or, left. the broad wall.
# 12:38
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* the ruler.
# 12,17
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* even.
# 23,28-30
* Hattush.
# 10:4
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* Harim.
# 10:5
* Pahath-moab.
# 7:11 10:14 Ezr 2:6 8:4
* other piece. Heb. second measure. the tower.
# 12:38
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* the ruler.
# 9,14-18
* he and his daughters.
# Ex 35:25 Ac 21:8,9 Php 4:3
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* the valley gate.
# 2:13
* Zanoah.
There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of
Judah: see the parallel passages.
# 11:30 Jos 15:34,56 1Ch 4:18
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* the dung gate.
# 2:13 12:31
* the ruler.
# 9,12,15-18
* Beth-haccerem.
Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain,
between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer. ch.
6. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks,
called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name
near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient
Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the
citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill,
sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
# Jer 6:1