Nehemiah 9:24

And they inherited it: and thou didst destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and thou gavest into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do unto them as it pleased them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

In Context

23And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers;

25And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:31And your little ones, who ye said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, + 14:31 Gr. from which ye turned away.which ye rejected.

Joshua 11:23And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.

Joshua 12:24the king of Thersa: all these were twenty-nine kings.

Joshua 21:43So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.

1 Chronicles 22:18Is not the Lord with you? and he has given you rest round about, for he has given into your hands the inhabitants of the land; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

Psalms 44:2My heart + 44:2 Lit. eructavit.has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:5-38

The Prayer of the Levites. ( b. c. 444.) 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made… Read the whole commentary →

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