Níxīmǐjì 7:4

4 Chéng shì guǎngdà , qízhōng de mín què xīshǎo , fángwū hái méiyǒu jiànzào .

Níxīmǐjì 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 7:4

Now the city was large and great
The circumference of it, all within the wall; for that was built on its old foundation, and enclosed as much ground as ever it did: Hecataeus ^F2, an Heathen writer, says the circumference of Jerusalem was fifty furlongs, which was more than six miles; but Josephus ^F3 makes the circuit of it but thirty three furlongs or about six miles:

but the people were few therein;
in comparison of the largeness of the place; for though there were 42,360 that came up at first with Zerubbabel, and many more with Ezra, yet a great number chose to settle in the towns and cities in the country, Jerusalem being in such a desolate condition:

and the houses were not builded;
some were, but they were but few, many of them still lay in ruins.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Apud Euseb. Praepar. par. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408. & apud Joseph. contr. Apion, l. 1. c. 22.
F3 De Bell. Jud. l. 5. c. 4. sect. 3.

Níxīmǐjì 7:4 In-Context

2 Wǒ jiù paì wǒde dìxiōng Hānání , hé yíng lóu de zǎi guān Hānáníyǎ , guǎnlǐ Yēlùsǎlĕng . yīnwei Hānáníyǎ shì zhōng xìn de , yòu jìngwèi shén guòyú zhòngrén .

3 Wǒ fēnfu tāmen shuō , dĕng dào taìyáng shang shēng cái kĕ kāi Yēlùsǎlĕng de chéng mén . rén shàng kānshǒu de shíhou jiù yào guān mén shang shuān . yĕ dāng paì Yēlùsǎlĕng de jūmín , gè àn bāncì kānshǒu zìjǐ fángwū duìmiàn zhī chù .

4 Chéng shì guǎngdà , qízhōng de mín què xīshǎo , fángwū hái méiyǒu jiànzào .

5 Wǒde shén gǎndòng wǒ xīn , zhāo jù guìzhòu , guān zhǎng , hé bǎixìng , yào zhào jiāpǔ jìsuàn . wǒ zhǎo zhe dì yī cì shang lái zhī rén de jiāpǔ , qí shang xiĕ zhe .

6 Bābǐlún wáng Níbùjiǎnísǎ , cóng qián lǔ qù Yóudà shĕng de rén , xiànzaì tāmende zǐsūn cóng beìlǔ dào zhī dì huí Yēlùsǎlĕng hé Yóudà , gè guī bĕn chéng .