{"id":12665,"date":"2022-09-24T04:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T09:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1229\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T04:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T09:38:33","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1229\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 12:29"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 29<\/strong>. <em> from the house of Gilgal<\/em> ] R.V. <strong> from Beth-gilgal.<\/strong> Possibly to be identified with the Gilgal of <span class='bible'>2Ki 2:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ki 4:38<\/span>, and if so it was about 14 miles N. of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p><em> Geba<\/em> ] Cf. <span class='bible'>Neh 11:31<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em> Azmaveth<\/em> ] See note on <span class='bible'>Ezr 2:24<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>The house of Gilgal &#8211; <\/B>Or, Beth-Gilgal &#8211; probably the Gilgal north of Jerusalem (now Jiljilia).<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>  Verse 29.  <I><B>From the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of<\/B><\/I><B> <\/B><I><B>Geba and Azmaveth<\/B><\/I>] Or, from Beth-Gilgal; a village erected in the place where the Israelites encamped after they had, under the direction of Joshua, passed over Jordan.<\/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> That they might be near at hand for the service of God, and of his house. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Also from the house of Gilgal<\/strong>,&#8230;. Which likewise was in a champaign country in the plains of Jericho, <span class='bible'>De 11:30<\/span>,<\/p>\n<p><strong>and out of the fields of Geba<\/strong>; which was a Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin, <span class='bible'>Jos 21:17<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>and Azmaveth<\/strong>; the same with Bethazmaveth, <span class='bible'>Ne 7:28<\/span> where it follows Anathoth and Netophah, as it does in <span class='bible'>Ezr 2:24<\/span>, and was very probably in the tribe of Benjamin:<\/p>\n<p><strong>for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem<\/strong>; that they might be near it, to do their duty when required; by which it appears that the said places were near Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(29) <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>singers.<\/strong>As the Nethinim were settled in Ophel, so the class of Levitical singers were chiefly to be found in villages to the north of the city.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 29<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <strong> House of Gilgal <\/strong> Or <em> Beth-gilgal; <\/em> probably the modern Jiljilia, about half way between Jerusalem and Shechem. <\/p>\n<p><strong> Geba <\/strong> See on <span class='bible'>Jos 18:24<\/span>. The site of <strong> Azmaveth <\/strong> is unknown. <\/p>\n<p><strong> The singers had builded them villages <\/strong> That is, new villages or towns, in the immediate vicinity of those just named.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>the house of Gilgal. Hebrew Beth-Gilgal <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>the house: Or, Beth-Gilgal, a village erected where the Israelites encamped after they had crossed the Jordan. Deu 11:30, Jos 5:9, Jos 10:43 <\/p>\n<p>Geba: Neh 11:31, Jos 21:17, 1Ch 6:60 <\/p>\n<p>Azmaveth: Ezr 2:24 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: 1Ch 9:22 &#8211; in their<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Neh 12:29-30. The singers had built them villages, &amp;c.  That they might be near at hand for the service of God and of his house. The priests and the Levites purified themselves  By sprinkling the water of purification upon them, by which the tabernacle and sacred utensils were purified; (Num 8:7;) by solemn prayers and sacrifices; and especially by keeping themselves from all impurity. And purified the people  By sprinkling, it is probable, the same water upon them, and by prayers and sacrifices.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem. 29. from the house of Gilgal ] R.V. from Beth-gilgal. Possibly to be identified with the Gilgal of 2Ki 2:1; 2Ki 4:38, and if so it was about 14 miles &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-nehemiah-1229\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 12:29&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}