Ne 7:3
7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be
    opened until the sun be hot; and while {a} they stand by,
    let them shut the doors, and bar [them]: and appoint watches
    of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and
    every one [to be] over against his house.

    (a) That is, they who are mentioned, @Ne 7:2.

Ne 7:6
7:6 These [are] the {b} children of the province, that went up
    out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away,
    whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away,
    and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his
    city;

    (b) That is, the inhabitants of Judah.

Ne 7:7
7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, {c} Azariah,
    Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai,
    Nehum, Baanah. The number, [I say], of the men of the people
    of Israel [was this];

    (c) Azariah in Ezra is called Seraiah, and Raamiah Reelaiah
        @Ezr 2:2.

Ne 7:25
7:25 The {d} children of Gibeon, ninety and five.

     (d) That is, the inhabitants of Gibeon.

Ne 7:33
7:33 The men {e} of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

     (e) For there were two cities with this name.

Ne 7:46
7:46 The {f} Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of
     Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

     (f) Read @Ezr 2:43.

Ne 7:65
7:65 And {g} the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not
     eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] a priest
     with Urim and Thummim.

     (g) Meaning, Nehemiah: for Tirshatha in the Chaldee tongue
         means a butler.

Ne 7:70
7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work.
     The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand {h} drams of
     gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests'
     garments.

     (h) Read @Ezr 2:69.

Ne 7:73
7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the
     singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and
     all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the {i} seventh
     month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities.

     (i) Which contained part of September and part of October.



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