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Selected Verse: Nehemiah 7:70 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ne 7:70 |
Strong Concordance |
And some of [07117] the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] gave [05414] unto the work [04399]. The Tirshatha [08660] gave [05414] to the treasure [0214] a thousand [0505] drams [01871] of gold [02091], fifty [02572] basons [04219], five [02568] hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] priests [03548]' garments [03801]. |
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King James |
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And some of the chief of the fathers, &c.--With Neh 7:69 the register ends, and the thread of Nehemiah's history is resumed. He was the tirshatha, or governor, and the liberality displayed by him and some of the leading men for the suitable equipment of the ministers of religion, forms the subject of the remaining portion of the chapter. Their donations consisted principally in garments. This would appear a singular description of gifts to be made by any one among us; but, in the East, a present of garments, or of any article of use, is conformable to the prevailing sentiments and customs of society.
drams of gold--that is, darics. A daric was a gold coin of ancient Persia, worth £1 5s. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Compared with Ezr 2:69 there is considerable difference between the totals for gold, silver, and garments. The usual explanation is that of corruption in the one or the other of the passages.
Neh 7:73
Dwelt in their cities - Nehemiah's quotation from Zerubbabel's register ends here, and the narration of events in Jerusalem in his own day is resumed from Neh 7:3. The narrative Neh. 8; 10 appears from internal evidence to be by a different author (see the introduction of the Book of Nehemiah).
The last two clauses of Neh 7:73 should stand as the beginning of Neh. 8 (as in the Septuagint). The text would then run: "And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the whole people gathered themselves together as one man," etc. Compare the margin reference. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The Tirshatha gave - The Septuagint, particularly the copy in the Codex Alexandrinus, intimates that this sum was given to the Tirshatha, or Nehemiah: Και τῳ Αθερσαθᾳ εδωκαν εις θησαυρον, And to the Athersatha they gave for the treasure, etc.
For the meaning of the word Tirshatha, see on Ezr 2:63 (note). |
69 Their camels [01581], four [0702] hundred [03967] thirty [07970] and five [02568]: six [08337] thousand [0505] seven [07651] hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] asses [02543].
73 So the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891], and some of the people [05971], and the Nethinims [05411], and all Israel [03478], dwelt [03427] in their cities [05892]; and when the seventh [07637] month [02320] came [05060], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were in their cities [05892].
3 And I said [0559] unto them, Let not the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389] be opened [06605] until the sun [08121] be hot [02527]; and while they stand by [05975], let them shut [01479] the doors [01817], and bar [0270] them: and appoint [05975] watches [04931] of the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], every one [0376] in his watch [04929], and every one [0376] to be over against his house [01004].
73 So the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891], and some of the people [05971], and the Nethinims [05411], and all Israel [03478], dwelt [03427] in their cities [05892]; and when the seventh [07637] month [02320] came [05060], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were in their cities [05892].
69 They gave [05414] after their ability [03581] unto the treasure [0214] of the work [04399] threescore [08337] [07239] and one thousand [0505] drams [01871] of gold [02091], and five [02568] thousand [0505] pound [04488] of silver [03701], and one hundred [03967] priests [03548]' garments [03801].
63 And the Tirshatha [08660] said [0559] unto them, that they should not eat [0398] of the most [06944] holy things [06944], till there stood up [05975] a priest [03548] with Urim [0224] and with Thummim [08550].