17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
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And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. …
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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-32)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 emulation, and desire to excel, yet without any contention, animosity, or separate interest. No strife appears among them but which should do most for the public good. Several things are observable in the acco…
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