Nehemiah 11:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 11:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:9
My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
2 Corinthians 8:16-17
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. …
Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Deuteronomy 24:13
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-19)

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 all have chosen to dwell there and have striven for a habitation there; but, on the contrary, it seems they declined dwelling there, 1. Because a greater strictness of conversation was expected from t…