So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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Barnes' Notes
All Israel - That the Israelites of the ten tribes returned to Palestine with Zerubbabel is apparent: (1) from 1Ch 9:3; (2) from the enumeration of twelve chiefs (Neh 7:7; 1 Esd. 5:8); and (3) from…
Adam Clarke
Dwelt in their cities - They all went to those cities which belonged originally to their respective families.
Here is, I. The sum total of the company that returned out of Babylon. The particular sums before mentioned amount not quite to 30,000 (29,818), so that there were above 12,000 that come out into any…
Cambridge Bible
This verse runs more smoothly as it appears in Neh 7:73 -So the priests and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their…
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