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Leading with Thanksgiving
Commentators explain that Mattaniah was the "precentor" or choir leader, specifically tasked with beginning the "thanksgiving in prayer." This highlights the organized and central role of musical worship and gratitude in the life of God's restored people. It wasn't an afterthought but a designated, primary ministry.
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Nehemiah
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Albert Barnes
On Nehemiah 11:4–19
18th Century
Theologian
See the marginal reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register that Nehemiah had prepared for his census. Th…
Charles Ellicott
On Nehemiah 11:4–19
19th Century
Bishop
The heads in Jerusalem: the list, as compared with 1 Chronicles 9:0, is by no means complete. Judah and Benjamin are represented, with …
John Gill
On Nehemiah 11:17
17th Century
Pastor
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of
Asaph
Zabdi is called Zi…
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Matthew Henry
On Nehemiah 11:1–36
17th Century
Minister
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…