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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 12:31 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ne 12:31 |
Strong Concordance |
Then I brought up [05927] the princes [08269] of Judah [03063] upon the wall [02346], and appointed [05975] two [08147] great [01419] companies of them that gave thanks [08426], whereof one went [08418] on the right hand [03225] upon the wall [02346] toward the dung [0830] gate [08179]: |
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King James |
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I brought up - Note the resumption of the first person, which has been laid aside since Neh 7:5, and which is confirmed now to the end of the book. It is generally allowed that we have here once more a memoir by Nehemiah himself.
The two "companies" or choirs, having ascended the wall on its western face, near the modern Jaffa Gate, stood looking eastward toward the city and temple; then the southern choir, being on the right, commenced the circuit of the southern wall, while the choir upon the left proceeded round the northern wall Neh 12:38-39, until both met on the eastern wall, between the water and the prison gates. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Princes - And half of the people with them. The wall - For the wall was broad and strong, and so ordered that men might conveniently walk upon it. Right hand - Towards the south and east. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Then I brought up the princes - Perhaps this verse should be read thus: "Then I caused the princes of Judah to go upon the wall, and appointed two great choirs, [to sing praises], and two processions, one on the right hand, etc.
The following seems to have been the order of the procession: he divided the priests, the Levites, the magistrates, and the people into two companies; each company to go round one half of the wall. They began at the dung gate, one party going to the right and the other to the left, till they met at the great space opposite to the temple, where they all offered many sacrifices to God, and rejoiced with exceeding great joy; shouting so that the noise was heard a great way off. |
38 And the other [08145] company of them that gave thanks [08426] went [01980] over against [04136] them, and I after [0310] them, and the half [02677] of the people [05971] upon the wall [02346], from beyond the tower [04026] of the furnaces [08574] even unto the broad [07342] wall [02346];
39 And from above the gate [08179] of Ephraim [0669], and above the old [03465] gate [08179], and above the fish [01709] gate [08179], and the tower [04026] of Hananeel [02606], and the tower [04026] of Meah [03968], even unto the sheep [06629] gate [08179]: and they stood still [05975] in the prison [04307] gate [08179].
5 And my God [0430] put [05414] into mine heart [03820] to gather together [06908] the nobles [02715], and the rulers [05461], and the people [05971], that they might be reckoned by genealogy [03187]. And I found [04672] a register [05612] of the genealogy [03188] of them which came up [05927] at the first [07223], and found [04672] written [03789] therein,