Nehemiah 7:3 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:1-3

The Wall Being Built Nehemiah Takes Steps To Ensure The Safety Of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 7:1-3 ). The walls having been rebuilt, and the doors in the gateways being in their place, what next remained was to ensure their proper control so that Jerusalem would be safe from band of marauders. This required proper supervision of the gates, and control over when they should be opened. We must remember that at this time Jerusalem itself was relatively sparsely populated. The main inhabitants were... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:1-4

Nehemiah 7:1-Numbers : . Nehemiah’ s Precautions for Guarding the City from Sudden Attack.— The internal intrigues just referred to ( Nehemiah 6:17-Psalms :) necessitated constant vigilance on the part of Nehemiah; his measures are described in this section. Nehemiah 7:1 . porters: better “ gatekeepers.”— the singers and the Levites: a mistaken addition by the Chronicler; their duties were concerned with the Temple and its services, not with the city gates. Nehemiah 7:2 . the castle: see note... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 7:3

Until the sun be hot, i.e. till it be clear and broad day; when enemies approaching may be discovered, and the people of the city will be ready for the defence in case of an assault. While they stand by, i.e. the watches appointed to that end, as is manifest from the following words. Every one to be over against his house, i.e. every one in his turn keeping watch with others in that watching-place which is next to his house. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The second section of this book (chaps. 7–12:43) furnishes a description of the further efforts of Nehemiah to increase and insure the prosperity of the community in Judah and Jerusalem: first, by securing Jerusalem from hostile attacks; then, by seeking to increase the population of the city; and, lastly, by endeavouring to bring the domestic and civil life of the people into conformity with the precepts of the law, and thus to furnish the necessary moral and religious... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

Chapter 7Now in chapter 7:It came to pass, when the wall was built, and the doors, the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, that he gave his brother Hanani ( Nehemiah 7:1-2 ),Now this is the one who had come to Babylon and told him of the sad condition of Jerusalem and of the people.He gave them charge over Jerusalem: to these faithful men, who feared God above many. And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is up ( Nehemiah 7:2-3 );And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 7:1-73

Nehemiah 7:2 . I gave my brother Hanani, probably his eldest brother, who had come to Shushan to represent the injuries sustained by the Jews, from the governor in Samaria: Nehemiah 1:2. And Hananiah, ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem; Nehemiah being bound by promise to return to Persia. Nehemiah 7:4 . The city was large and great. The walls round about the upper and lower city, might be about a hundred furlongs, or twelve miles. The population of forty three thousand... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 7:1-7

Nehemiah 7:1-7Now it came to pass, when the wall was built.The guardian of the holy cityI. His care for Jerusalem’s protection. It is a beneficent law of our nature that the more true affection is exercised it increases in strength, and knits the heart to its object in firmer bonds. This beautiful law, of the growth of affection by its exercise, is still more exemplified in the labour of love for Christ’s name sake, and for the promotion of His truth in the earth. Thus it was that the suffering... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 7:2-3

Nehemiah 7:2-3For he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.FaithfulnessI. Consider the meaning of faithfulness. It is the reverent and constant acceptance of those duties springing out of the relations in which I inevitably stand. Man is a being set in relations. When the ivy climbs up ruins and binds lovingly the fallen stones together, and wraps them in its green, it clambers and winds about and helps and beautifies because of the feelers it thrusts out, laying hold, by them, of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 7:3

Neh 7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one [to be] over against his house. Ver. 3. Until the sun be hot ] The sun hath one of his names, in Hebrew, a calefaciendo, from heating, חמה , Job 30:28 , there is nothing hid from the heat thereof, Psalms 19:6 . The name here given to the sun... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 7:3

Let not the gates: This is, the gates were not to be opened till sun-rise, and to be shut at sun-set; which is still the custom in many cities of the East. If a traveller arrives after sun-set, he finds the gates shut, and on no consideration will they open them till morning. Nehemiah 13:19, Psalms 127:1, Matthew 10:16 every one to be: Nehemiah 3:23, Nehemiah 3:28-Amos : Reciprocal: Ezra 2:35 - Senaah read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:1-3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 7:1-4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 7:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 7:1-73

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 7:1-73

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 7:1-7

The Biblical Illustrator - Nehemiah 7:2-3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 7:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 7:3

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