Nehemiah 10:1
Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 23:3And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.
Ezra 10:3Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.
Nehemiah 7:70And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.
Nehemiah 9:38And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 10:1
We have in this chapter a particular account of the covenant which in the close of the foregoing chapter was resolved upon; they struck while the iron was hot, and immediately put that good resolve in execution, when they were in a good frame, lest, if it should be delayed, it might be dropped. Here we have, I. The names of those that set their hands and seals to it, ver. 1-27 . II. An account of those who signified their consent and concurrence, ver. 28, 29 . III. The covenant itself, and the articles of it in… Read the whole commentary →