After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
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Gill's Exposition
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani,.... Who was one of them, as he that follows was another:
next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah: a city of the…
Barnes' Notes
Beth-zur - Now Beit-sur, on the road from Jerusalem to Hebron Jos 15:58. By “the sepulchres of David” must be understood the burial place in which David and the kings his descendants to the time of…
Adam Clarke
The pool that was made - Calmet supposes that this was the reservoir made by Hezekiah, when besieged by Sennacherib, Ch2 32:4.
The house of the mighty - Probably a place where a band of soldiers was…
The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it accordingly with a holy…
Cambridge Bible
the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur R.V. the ruler of half the district of Beth-Zur. Beth-Zur (Jos 15:58), the modern Beitsur, was about 13 miles S. of Jerusalem. It commanded the road to Hebron…
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