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Nehemiah 9:24

Nehemiah 9:24
So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So the children went in and possessed the land,.... Not the fathers of the Israelites that came out of Egypt, they died in the wilderness, all excepting two, but their children, which seems to be the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Nehemiah 9:4-38

We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh 9:4, Neh 9:5), only with some variation of the names.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Possession and Prosperity

24. people R.V. peoples. i.e. the heathen nations (cf. Neh 9:8).

with their kings Compare the list of -the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote…