Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.
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Nehemiah 7:1-4
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commentaryThe Completion of the Wall. (b. c. 445.)THE COMPLETION OF THE WALL. (B. C. 445.) God saith concerning his church (Isaiah 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 p…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1-5EXPOSITION COMPLETION OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR GUARDING THE GATES (Nehemiah 7:1-5). The wall and gate-towers being completed, nothing remained but to hang the doors in the gateways, and to arrange for the guard…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1-4Moral guardianship. I. THE THINGS IN THE CHURCH WHICH NEED TO BE GUARDED. "Charge over Jerusalem" (Nehemiah 7:2). 1. The doctrines of the Church. 2. The members of the Church. 3. The temporal interests of the Church. 4.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1-4Provision for safety and numerical increase. The wall being completed and the gates set in their places, Nehemiah takes measures for the regular defence of the city, and for increasing its population. I. THE GUARDING OF…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1The porters and the singers and the Levites. The porters and the singers were themselves Levites, but are often distinguished from their brethren, who had no such special office (see Ezra 2:40-42, Ezra 2:70; Ezra 7:24;…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:2Uncommon excellence. "He was a faithful man, and feared God above many." Nehemiah records this of Hananiah as his reason for giving him, with Hanani, his own brother, "charge over Jerusalem." Perhaps he felt it necessar…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:2Hanani and Hananiah. This appointment of two municipal officers to have charge of Jerusalem recalls the mention of two "rulers" in Nehemiah 3:9, Nehemiah 3:12, each of whom had authority-over half the district dependent…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:3Let not the gates be opened until the sun be hot. The gates of towns in the East are usually opened at sunrise; but this cannot be the intention here. Some extra precaution is signified—not, however, so much as Dathe su…Joseph S. Exell and contributors