Nehemiah 10:1
Now, upon the sealed writings, were,—Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh—to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.
Ezra 10:3Now, therefore, let us solemnize a covenant unto our God—to put away all the women and such as have been born of them, in the counsel of my lord, and them who tremble at the commandment of our God,—and, according to the law, let it be done.
Nehemiah 7:70And, a portion of the ancestral chiefs, gave unto the work,—the governor, gave unto the treasury, of gold, a thousand darics, tossing bowls, fifty, tunics for priests, five hundred, and thirty;
Nehemiah 9:38Seeing, therefore, all this, we, are plighting our faith, and putting it in writing,—and, upon the sealed scroll, are our rulers, our Levites, our priests.
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 →