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A Shameful Exception
Commentators highlight the stark contrast in this verse. While the common people of Tekoa eagerly participated in rebuilding, their own nobles refused to help. Scholars like John Gill note this refusal is recorded to their "disgrace," showing that social status is no excuse to avoid serving God and community.
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Nehemiah
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Albert Barnes
On Nehemiah 3:5
18th Century
Theologian
Tekoites - See 2 Samuel 14:2 note.
Charles Ellicott
On Nehemiah 3:5
19th Century
Bishop
The Tekoites. —This verse is remarkable, as introducing men of Tekoah, not mentioned among Zerubbabel’s Returned, who furnish the …
John Gill
On Nehemiah 3:5
17th Century
Pastor
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired
The inhabitants of Tekoa, a city in the tribe of Judah; see ([Reference Amos…
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Matthew Henry
On Nehemiah 3:1–32
17th Century
Minister
The work was divided so that everyone might know what they had to do and attend to it, with a desire to excel, yet without contention or separate i…