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21 But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
21 and the Nethinim are dwelling in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa `are' over the Nethinim.
21 And the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinim.
21 But the Nethinim lived in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
21 But the Nethinim were living in the Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim.
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Commentary on Nehemiah 11 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 11
Jerusalem was walled round, but it was not as yet fully inhabited, and therefore was weak and despicable. Nehemiah's next care is to bring people into it; of that we have here an account.
Neh 11:1-19
Jerusalem is called here the holy city (v. 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,
Neh 11:20-36
Having given an account of the principal persons that dwelt in Jerusalem (a larger account of whom he had before, 1 Chr. 9:2, etc.), Nehemiah, in these verses, gives us some account of the other cities, in which dwelt the residue of Israel, v. 20. It was requisite that Jerusalem should be replenished, yet not so as to drain the country. The king himself is served of the field, which will do little service if there be not hands to manage it. Let there therefore be no strife, no envy, no contempt, no ill will, between the inhabitants of the cities and those of the villages; both are needful, both useful, and neither can be spared.