Nehemiah 12:31 - John Wesley's Notes

Nehemiah 12:31

29 from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.

30 Then the priests and Levites ^apurified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

31 So I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs. ^aOne went to the right hand on the wall ^btoward the Refuse Gate.

32 After them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,

33 and Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam,

34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

35 and some of the priests’ sons ^awith trumpets—Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

36 and his brethren, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with ^athe musical ^binstruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe went before them.

37 ^aBy the Fountain Gate, in front of them, they went up ^bthe stairs of the ^cCity of David, on the stairway of the wall, beyond the house of David, as far as ^dthe Water Gate eastward.

38 ^aThe other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I was behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the ^bTower of the Ovens as far as ^cthe Broad Wall,

39 ^aand above the Gate of Ephraim, above ^bthe Old Gate, above ^cthe Fish Gate, ^dthe Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as ^ethe Sheep Gate; and they stopped by ^fthe Gate of the Prison.

40 So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and the half of the rulers with me;

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Nehemiah 12:31

Princes - And half of the people with them. The wall - For the wall was broad and strong, and so ordered that men might conveniently walk upon it. Right hand - Towards the south and east.

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