43The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
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The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-73)We have here another good project of Nehemiah’s; for wise and zealous men will be always contriving something or other for the glory of God and the edification of his church. He knew very well that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the number and valour of the inhabitants than upon the height or strength of its walls; and therefore, observing that the people were few that dwelt in…
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