The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou didst divide them into corners. i.e. "didst plant them in every corner of the Holy Land,"—"gave them to possess the whole of it,"—ultimately, that is, not at first (see the comment on Nehemiah 9:8).

The land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon. The Levites must have known that Sihon was king of Heshbon, and (if the text is sound) must have expressed themselves as they did, by way of rhetorical amplification; perhaps, however, the vav after "Sihon" is the mistake of a copyist.

More for Nehemiah 9:22

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:1-38The solemn fast of assembled Israel. Notice three features in the people's religious life. 1. Their confession of sin. 2. Their external reformation. 3. Their solemn adoption of the written word of God as the law of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:1-38EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT, WITH CONFESSION OF SINS; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE, AND SEALED TO BY THE PRINCES, PRIESTS, AND LEVITES (Nehemiah 9:1-38.). When the law was first read to the…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:1-29A prayerful review of Divine goodness as manifested in the facts of human life. I. This is a prayerful review of the Divine NAME. "And blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise" (Nehem…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryMatthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:4-38The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When conf…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Prayer of the Levites. (b. c. 444.)THE PRAYER OF THE LEVITES. (B. C. 444.) We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Nehemiah 9:4-5), only with some varia…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:7-31Compare with this long historical resumé the still longer ones in Psalms 78:5-72 and Acts 7:2-47. God's dealings with his people furnished a moral lesson of extraordinary force, and moral teachers, naturally, made frequ…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:19-27The Divine description of a sinful life. I. THAT THE SINFUL LIFE IS FAVOURED WITH THE DIVINE FORBEARANCE. The sins of the people were pride (Nehemiah 9:16), disobedience (Nehemiah 9:17), idolatry (Nehemiah 9:18), murder…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:22-25Canaan conquered and possessed. Continuing the recital of the goodness of God to their nation, the people narrate how their fathers obtained possession of the promised land. All is ascribed to God. I. HE PRESERVED THE N…Joseph S. Exell and contributors