Nehemiah 7:1-4

1 After the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the Levites were appointed.

2 I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most people do.

3 I said to them, “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot. While the gatekeepers are still on duty, have them shut the doors and bar them. Also appoint residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some near their own houses.”

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4 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

Nehemiah 7:1-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 7

Nehemiah having built the wall, and set up the doors, appointed two persons to take the charge of the city, and set watches for the safety of it, and to take special care about opening and shutting the gates of it, Ne 7:1-3, and concerned he was for the peopling of it, and having found a register of the first comers to it, gives their names, Ne 7:4-69 and some account of the freewill offerings made for the work they came about, Ne 7:70-73.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 9:27; S 1 Chronicles 26:12-19; Nehemiah 6:1,15
• 2. Psalms 68:25
• 3. Nehemiah 8:9
• 4. Nehemiah 1:2
• 5. Nehemiah 10:23
• 6. Nehemiah 2:8
• 7. 1 Kings 18:3
• 8. Nehemiah 11:1