Nehemiah 7:45 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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⁴⁵ The porters: ^H7778 the children ^H1121 of Shallum, ^H7967 the children ^H1121 of Ater, ^H333 the children ^H1121 of Talmon, ^H2929 the children ^H1121 of Akkub, ^H6126 the children ^H1121 of Hatita, ^H2410 the children ^H1121 of Shobai, ^H7630 an hundred ^H3967 thirty ^H7970 and eight. ^H8083

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1 Chronicles 26:1-32 STRONG

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Concerning the divisions ^H4256 of the porters: ^H7778 Of the Korhites ^H7145 was Meshelemiah ^H4920 the son ^H1121 of Kore, ^H6981 of the sons ^H1121 of Asaph. ^H623 And the sons ^H1121 of Meshelemiah ^H4920 were, Zechariah ^H2148 the firstborn, ^H1060 Jediael ^H3043 the second, ^H8145 Zebadiah ^H2069 the third, ^H7992 Jathniel ^H3496 the fourth, ^H7243 Elam ^H5867 the fifth, ^H2549 Jehohanan ^H3076 the sixth, ^H8345 Elioenai ^H454 the seventh. ^H7637 Moreover the sons ^H1121 of Obededom ^H5654 were, Shemaiah ^H8098 the firstborn, ^H1060 Jehozabad ^H3075 the second, ^H8145 Joah ^H3098 the third, ^H7992 and Sacar ^H7940 the fourth, ^H7243 and Nethaneel ^H5417 the fifth, ^H2549 Ammiel ^H5988 the sixth, ^H8345 Issachar ^H3485 the seventh, ^H7637 Peulthai ^H6469 the eighth: ^H8066 for God ^H430 blessed ^H1288 him. Also unto Shemaiah ^H8098 his son ^H1121 were sons ^H1121 born, ^H3205 that ruled ^H4474 throughout the house ^H1004 of their father: ^H1 for they were mighty men ^H1368 of valour. ^H2428 The sons ^H1121 of Shemaiah; ^H8098 Othni, ^H6273 and Rephael, ^H7501 and Obed, ^H5744 Elzabad, ^H443 whose brethren ^H251 were strong ^H2428 men, ^H1121 Elihu, ^H453 and Semachiah. ^H5565 All these of the sons ^H1121 of Obededom: ^H5654 they and their sons ^H1121 and their brethren, ^H251 able ^H2428 men ^H376 for strength ^H3581 for the service, ^H5656 were threescore ^H8346 and two ^H8147 of Obededom. ^H5654 And Meshelemiah ^H4920 had sons ^H1121 and brethren, ^H251 strong ^H2428 men, ^H1121 eighteen. ^H8083 ^H6240 Also Hosah, ^H2621 of the children ^H1121 of Merari, ^H4847 had sons; ^H1121 Simri ^H8113 the chief, ^H7218 (for though he was not the firstborn, ^H1060 yet his father ^H1 made ^H7760 him the chief;) ^H7218 Hilkiah ^H2518 the second, ^H8145 Tebaliah ^H2882 the third, ^H7992 Zechariah ^H2148 the fourth: ^H7243 all the sons ^H1121 and brethren ^H251 of Hosah ^H2621 were thirteen. ^H7969 ^H6240 Among these were the divisions ^H4256 of the porters, ^H7778 even among the chief ^H7218 men, ^H1397 having wards ^H4931 one against ^H5980 another, ^H251 to minister ^H8334 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And they cast ^H5307 lots, ^H1486 as well the small ^H6996 as the great, ^H1419 according to the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 for every gate. ^H8179 And the lot ^H1486 eastward ^H4217 fell ^H5307 to Shelemiah. ^H8018 Then for Zechariah ^H2148 his son, ^H1121 a wise ^H7922 counsellor, ^H3289 they cast ^H5307 lots; ^H1486 and his lot ^H1486 came out ^H3318 northward. ^H6828 To Obededom ^H5654 southward; ^H5045 and to his sons ^H1121 the house ^H1004 of Asuppim. ^H624 To Shuppim ^H8206 and Hosah ^H2621 the lot came forth westward, ^H4628 with the gate ^H8179 Shallecheth, ^H7996 by the causeway ^H4546 of the going up, ^H5927 ward ^H4929 against ^H5980 ward. ^H4929 Eastward ^H4217 were six ^H8337 Levites, ^H3881 northward ^H6828 four ^H702 a day, ^H3117 southward ^H5045 four ^H702 a day, ^H3117 and toward Asuppim ^H624 two ^H8147 and two. ^H8147 At Parbar ^H6503 westward, ^H4628 four ^H702 at the causeway, ^H4546 and two ^H8147 at Parbar. ^H6503 These are the divisions ^H4256 of the porters ^H7778 among the sons ^H1121 of Kore, ^H7145 and among the sons ^H1121 of Merari. ^H4847 And of the Levites, ^H3881 Ahijah ^H281 was over the treasures ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of God, ^H430 and over the treasures ^H214 of the dedicated things. ^H6944 As concerning the sons ^H1121 of Laadan; ^H3936 the sons ^H1121 of the Gershonite ^H1649 Laadan, ^H3936 chief ^H7218 fathers, ^H1 even of Laadan ^H3936 the Gershonite, ^H1649 were Jehieli. ^H3172 The sons ^H1121 of Jehieli; ^H3172 Zetham, ^H2241 and Joel ^H3100 his brother, ^H251 which were over the treasures ^H214 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 Of the Amramites, ^H6020 and the Izharites, ^H3325 the Hebronites, ^H2276 and the Uzzielites: ^H5817 And Shebuel ^H7619 the son ^H1121 of Gershom, ^H1647 the son ^H1121 of Moses, ^H4872 was ruler ^H5057 of the treasures. ^H214 And his brethren ^H251 by Eliezer; ^H461 Rehabiah ^H7345 his son, ^H1121 and Jeshaiah ^H3470 his son, ^H1121 and Joram ^H3141 his son, ^H1121 and Zichri ^H2147 his son, ^H1121 and Shelomith ^H8019 ^H8013 his son. ^H1121 Which Shelomith ^H8013 and his brethren ^H251 were over all the treasures ^H214 of the dedicated things, ^H6944 which David ^H1732 the king, ^H4428 and the chief ^H7218 fathers, ^H1 the captains ^H8269 over thousands ^H505 and hundreds, ^H3967 and the captains ^H8269 of the host, ^H6635 had dedicated. ^H6942 Out of the spoils ^H7998 won in battles ^H4421 did they dedicate ^H6942 to maintain ^H2388 the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And all that Samuel ^H8050 the seer, ^H7200 and Saul ^H7586 the son ^H1121 of Kish, ^H7027 and Abner ^H74 the son ^H1121 of Ner, ^H5369 and Joab ^H3097 the son ^H1121 of Zeruiah, ^H6870 had dedicated; ^H6942 and whosoever had dedicated ^H6942 any thing, it was under the hand ^H3027 of Shelomith, ^H8019 and of his brethren. ^H251 Of the Izharites, ^H3325 Chenaniah ^H3663 and his sons ^H1121 were for the outward ^H2435 business ^H4399 over Israel, ^H3478 for officers ^H7860 and judges. ^H8199 And of the Hebronites, ^H2276 Hashabiah ^H2811 and his brethren, ^H251 men ^H1121 of valour, ^H2428 a thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred, ^H3967 were officers ^H6486 among them of Israel ^H3478 on this side ^H5676 Jordan ^H3383 westward ^H4628 in all the business ^H4399 of the LORD, ^H3068 and in the service ^H5656 of the king. ^H4428 Among the Hebronites ^H2276 was Jerijah ^H3404 the chief, ^H7218 even among the Hebronites, ^H2276 according to the generations ^H8435 of his fathers. ^H1 In the fortieth ^H705 year ^H8141 of the reign ^H4438 of David ^H1732 they were sought ^H1875 for, and there were found ^H4672 among them mighty men ^H1368 of valour ^H2428 at Jazer ^H3270 of Gilead. ^H1568 And his brethren, ^H251 men ^H1121 of valour, ^H2428 were two thousand ^H505 and seven ^H7651 hundred ^H3967 chief ^H7218 fathers, ^H1 whom king ^H4428 David ^H1732 made rulers ^H6485 over the Reubenites, ^H7206 the Gadites, ^H1425 and the half ^H2677 tribe ^H7626 of Manasseh, ^H4520 for every matter ^H1697 pertaining to God, ^H430 and affairs ^H1697 of the king. ^H4428

Ezra 2:42 STRONG

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The children ^H1121 of the porters: ^H7778 the children ^H1121 of Shallum, ^H7967 the children ^H1121 of Ater, ^H333 the children ^H1121 of Talmon, ^H2929 the children ^H1121 of Akkub, ^H6126 the children ^H1121 of Hatita, ^H2410 the children ^H1121 of Shobai, ^H7630 in all an hundred ^H3967 thirty ^H7970 and nine. ^H8672

Commentary on Nehemiah 7 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 7

The success of one good design for God and our generation should encourage us to proceed and form some other; Nehemiah did so, having fortified Jerusalem with gates and walls, his next care is,

I. To see the city well kept (v. 1-4).
II. To see it well peopled, in order to which he here reviews and calls over the register of the children of the captivity, the families that returned at first, and records it (v. 5-73). It is the same, in effect, with that which we had, Ezra 2. What use he made of it we shall find afterwards, when he brought one of ten to live in Jerusalem, ch. 11:1.

Neh 7:1-4

God saith concerning his church (Isa. 62:6), I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem! This is Nehemiah's care here; for dead walls, without living watchmen, are but a poor defence to a city.

I. He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites, in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree, but now was revived. God's worship is the defence of a place, and his ministers, when they mind their duty, are watchmen on the walls. Or, in particular, he ordered them to be ready against the wall was to be dedicated, that they might perform that service in an orderly and solemn manner; and the dedication of it was its strength. That is likely to be beneficial to us which is devoted to God.
II. He appointed two governors or consuls, to whom he committed the care of the city, and gave them in charge to provide for the public peace and safety. Hanani, his brother, who came to him with the tidings of the desolations of Jerusalem, was one, a man of approved integrity and affection to his country; the other was Hananiah, who had been ruler of the palace: for he that has approved himself faithful in less shall be entrusted with more. Of this Hananiah it is said that he was a faithful man and one that feared God above many, v. 2. Note,
- 1. Among those who fear God truly there are some who fear him greatly, and excel others in the expressions and instances of that fear; and they are worthy a double portion of that honour which is due to those that fear the Lord, Ps. 15:4. There were many in Jerusalem that feared God, but this good man was more eminent for religion and serious godliness than any.
- 2. Those that fear God must evidence it by their being faithful to all men and universally conscientious.
- 3. God's Jerusalem is then likely to flourish when those rule in it, and have charge of it, who excel in virtue, and are eminent both for godliness and honesty. It is supposed, by some, that Nehemiah was now about to return to the Persian court to have his commission renewed, and that he left these two worthy men in charge with the affairs of the city in his absence. Good governors, when and where they cannot act themselves, must be very careful whom they depute.
III. He gave orders about the shutting of the gates and the guarding of the walls, v. 3, 4. See here,
- 1. What the present state of Jerusalem was. The city, in compass, was large and great. The walls enclosed the same ground as formerly; but much of it lay waste, for the houses were not built, few at least in comparison with what had been; so that Nehemiah walled the city in faith, and with an eye to that promise of the replenishing of it which God had lately made by the prophet, Zec. 8:3, etc. Though the people were now few, he believed they would be multiplied, and therefore built the walls so as to make room for them; had he not depended upon this he might have thought walls without a city as great a reproach as a city without walls.
- 2. What was the care of Nehemiah for it. He ordered the rulers of the city themselves,
  - (1.) To stand by, and see the city-gates shut up and barred every night; for in vain had they a wall if they were careless of their gates.
  - (2.) To take care that they should not be opened in the morning till they could see that all was clear and quiet.
  - (3.) To set sentinels upon the walls, or elsewhere, at convenient distances, who should, in case of the approach of the enemy, give timely notice to the city of the danger; and, as it came to their turn to watch, they must post themselves over against their own houses, because of them, it might be presumed, they would be in a particular manner careful. The public safety depends upon every one's particular care to guard himself and his own family against sin, that common enemy. It is every one's interest to watch, but many understand not their own interest; it is therefore incumbent upon magistrates to appoint watches. And as this people had lately found God with them in their building (else they would have built in vain), so now that the wall was built, no doubt, they were made sensible that except the Lord kept the city the watchman waked but in vain, Ps. 127:1.

Neh 7:5-73

We have here another good project of Nehemiah's; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church. He knew very well that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the number and valour of the inhabitants than upon the height or strength of its walls; and therefore, observing that the people were few that dwelt in it, he thought fit to take an account of the people, that he might find what families had formerly had their settlement in Jerusalem, but were now removed into the country, that he might bring them back, and what families could in any other way be influenced by their religion, or by their business, to come and rebuild the houses in Jerusalem and dwell in them. So little reason have we to wish that we may be placed alone in the earth, or in Jerusalem itself, that much of our safety and comfort depends upon our neighbours and friends; the more the stronger, the more the merrier. It is the wisdom of the governors of a nation to keep the balance even between the city and country, that the metropolis be not so extravagantly large as to drain and impoverish the country, nor yet so weak as not to be able to protect it. Now observe,

I. Whence this good design of Nehemiah's came. He owns, My God put it into my heart, v. 5. Note, Whatever good motion is in our minds, either prudent or pious, we must acknowledge it to come from God. It was he that put it into our hearts; for every good gift and every good work are from above. He gives knowledge; he gives grace; all is of him, and therefore all must be to him. What is done by human prudence must be ascribed to the direction of divine Providence; he that teaches the husbandman his discretion (Isa. 28:26) teaches the statesman his.
II. What method he took in prosecution of it.
- 1. He called the rulers together, and the people, that he might have an account of the present state of their families-their number and strength, and where they were settled. It is probable that when he summoned them to come together he ordered them to bring such an account along with them out of their several districts. And I doubt they were not so many but that it might be soon done.
- 2. He reviewed the old register of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and compared the present accounts with that; and here we have the repetition of that out of Ezra 2. The title is the same here (v. 6, 7) as there (v. 1, 2): These are the children of the province, etc. Two things are here repeated and recorded a second time from thence-the names and numbers of their several families, and their oblations to the service of the temple. The repetition of these accounts may intimate to us the delight which the great God is pleased to take in the persons, families, and services of his spiritual Israel, and the particular notice he takes of them. He knows those that are his, knows them all, knows them by name, has his eye on the register of those children of the captivity, and does all according to the ancient counsel of his will concerning them.
  - (1.) Here is an account of the heads of the several families that first came up, v. 6-69. As to this,
    - [1.] Though it seem of little use to us now, yet then it was of great use, to compare what they had been with what they now were. We may suppose they were much increased by this time; but it would do well for them to remember their small beginnings, that they might acknowledge God in multiplying their families and building them up. By this means likewise their genealogies would be preserved, and the distinction of their families kept up, till the Messiah should come, and then an end be put to all their genealogies, which were preserved for his sake, but afterwards were endless. But,
    - [2.] There are many differences in the numbers between this catalogue and that in Ezra. Most of them indeed are exactly the same, and some others within a very few under or over (one or two perhaps); and therefore I cannot think, as some do, that that was the number of these families at their first coming and this as they were now, which was at least forty years after (some make it much more); for we cannot suppose so many families to be not at all, or but little, altered in their numbers in all that time; therefore what differences there are we may suppose to arise either from the mistakes of transcribers, which easily happen in numbers, or from the diversity of the copies from which they were taken. Or perhaps one was the account of them when they set out from Babylon with Zerubbabel, the other when they came to Jerusalem. The sum totals are all just the same there and here, except of the singing-men and singing-women, which there are 200, here 245. These were not of such importance as that they should keep any strict account of them.
  - (2.) Here is an account of the offerings which were given towards the work of God, v. 70, etc. This differs much from that in Ezra 2:68, 69, and it may be questioned whether it refers to the same contribution; here the tirshatha, or chief governor, who there was not mentioned, begins the offering; and the single sum mentioned there exceeds all those here put together; yet it is probable that it was the same, but that followed one copy of the lists, this another; for the last verse is the same here that it was Ezra 2:70, adding ch. 3:1. Blessed be God that our faith and hope are not built upon the niceties of names and numbers, genealogy and chronology, but on the great things of the law and gospel. Whatever is given to the work of God, he is not unrighteous to forget it; nor shall even a cup of cold water, wherewith he is honoured, go without its reward.

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