Nehemiah 7:1-3

1 Now when the wall had been built ¹and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

2 I gave ²my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of ³the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was ⁴a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.

3 And I said to them, "Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes."

Nehemiah 7:1-3 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. [Nehemiah 6:1]
• 2. Nehemiah 1:2
• 3. Nehemiah 2:8
• 4. [Nehemiah 13:13]