And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
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Gill's Exposition
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel,.... An high place or tower on the wall of Jerusalem, see Ch2 27:3,
and Ziha, and Gispa, were over the Nethinims; had the oversight of them, and took care that they…
See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the…
Adam Clarke
And Shabbethai - This verse, with Neh 11:20, Neh 11:21, Neh 11:28, Neh 11:29, Neh 11:32, Neh 11:33, Neh 11:34, and Neh 11:35, are all wanting in the Septuagint and the whole chapter is wanting in the…
Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon this account, one would think, the holy seed should…
Cambridge Bible
Shabbethai … Jozabad See these names in Neh 8:7. They do not occur in the parallel list of 1Ch 9:15-16, where however three other names, Heresh, Galal, and Berechiah are inserted.
chief R.V.…
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