{"id":12611,"date":"2022-09-24T04:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T09:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1111\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T04:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T09:36:53","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1111\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 11:11"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, [was] the ruler of the house of God. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 11<\/strong>. <em> Seraiah<\/em> ] <span class='bible'>1Ch 9:11<\/span>, &lsquo;Azariah the son of Meshullam.&rsquo; The same person may be intended, as the same genealogy is given in both lists. If so, the names have possibly been accidentally confused, either through similarity of sound or through corruption in the original text from which the lists were taken. Very probably they were father and son; and the two lists have selected different names to represent the priestly house. Cf. <span class='bible'>1Ch 7:13<\/span>, &lsquo;Hilkiah begat Azariah; and Azariah begat Jeraiah.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p><em> Meraioth<\/em> ] In <span class='bible'>1Ch 6:7<\/span>, Meraioth is the grandfather of Ahitub, in <span class='bible'>Ezr 7:3<\/span> the great-grandfather. But in these genealogies names were freely left out for brevity, and the exact relationship by succession cannot be determined. Names also are repeated in the same family. Meraioth probably occurred often in the line of Seraiah.<\/p>\n<p> was <em> the ruler of the house of God<\/em> ] R.V. omits <em> was<\/em>. The same title occurs in connexion curiously enough with the same proper name in <span class='bible'>2Ch 31:13<\/span>, &lsquo;And Azariah the ruler of the house of God.&rsquo; It is tempting to suggest that Azariah&rsquo;s name has been substituted for that of Seraiah from a gloss on &lsquo;the ruler of the house of God.&rsquo; If the title is equivalent to that of the High-priest, then Seraiah is the well-known High-priest, the ancestor of Ezra, put to death by Nebuchadnezzar (see <span class='bible'>Ezr 7:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ki 25:18<\/span>). For the use of the title &lsquo;n&rsquo;gd&rsquo; (Vulg. &lsquo;princeps&rsquo;), cf. <span class='bible'>1Ch 12:27<\/span>, &lsquo;Jehoiada  leader of the house of Aaron.&rsquo; But it may denote only a special officer of the Temple. The LXX. renders     (reading &lsquo; <em> neged<\/em> &rsquo; for &lsquo; <em> n&rsquo;gd<\/em> &rsquo;).<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>  Verse <span class='bible'>11<\/span>. <I><B>Ruler of the house of God.<\/B><\/I>] He had the command over all <I>secular<\/I> matters, as the high priest had over those which were <I>spiritual<\/I>.<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>One of the chief priests; <\/B>who ruled with and under the high priest: see <span class='bible'>Num 3:32<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Ch 9:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ch 19:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>31:13<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>11. the ruler of the house ofGod<\/B>assistant of the high priest (<span class='bible'>Num 3:32<\/span>;<span class='bible'>1Ch 9:11<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ch 19:11<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Ver. 11 <span class='bible'>[See comments on Ne 11:10]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(11) <strong>Seraiah.<\/strong>The high-priestly family name. Eliashib was the present occupant.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> Neh 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, [was] the ruler of the house of God.<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 11. <strong> Ruler of the house of God<\/strong> ] One of the high priest&rsquo;s great deputies. See <span class='bible'>Num 3:32<\/span> <span class='bible'>1Ch 9:11<\/span> <span class='bible'>2Ch 19:11<\/span> .<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Seraiah: Seraiah probably had also the name of Azariah. 1Ch 6:7-14, 1Ch 9:11, Azariah, Ezr 7:1-5 <\/p>\n<p>the ruler: He had the command over all secular matters; as the high priest had over all those which were spiritual. Num 3:32, 1Ch 9:1, 2Ch 19:11, 2Ch 31:13, Act 5:24 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: 1Ch 6:12 &#8211; Shallum 1Ch 6:14 &#8211; Seraiah 1Ch 24:5 &#8211; the governors Neh 10:2 &#8211; Seraiah Neh 10:7 &#8211; Meshullam Neh 11:22 &#8211; were over<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Neh 11:11. The ruler of the house of God  One of the chief priests, who ruled with and under the high-priest.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, {c} [was] the ruler of the house of God.<\/p>\n<p>(c) That is, was the high priest.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, [was] the ruler of the house of God. 11. Seraiah ] 1Ch 9:11, &lsquo;Azariah the son of Meshullam.&rsquo; The same person may be intended, as the same genealogy is given in both lists. 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