See the marginal reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register that Nehemiah had prepared for his census. Th…

The heads in Jerusalem: the list, as compared with 1 Chronicles 9:0, is by no means complete. Judah and Benjamin are represented, with …

Who dwelt in Jerusalem, of whom the same account is given in these two verses as in ([Refe…

In all ages, people have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, an…