That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
That Hanani, one of my brethren,.... Either in natural relation, Neh 7:2, or being a Jew of the same nation and religion; so Jarchi interprets it, one of my companions or acquaintance:
he and…
Barnes' Notes
Hanani seems to have been an actual brother of Nehemiah Neh 7:2.
Adam Clarke
I asked them concerning the Jews - Josephus gives a probable account of this business: "Nehemiah, being somewhere out of Susa, seeing some strangers, and hearing them converse in the Hebrew tongue, he…
What tribe Nehemiah was of does nowhere appear; but, if it be true (which we are told by the author of the Maccabees, 2 Macc. 1:18) that he offered sacrifice, we must conclude him to have been a…
Neh 1:1 to Neh 7:73 a. Extract from the memoirs of Nehemiah
1. The Superscription. -In many MSS. and editions the beginning of this book is closely united with the last verse of Ezra, and in some it…
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