Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha - Hereto, Nehemiah has called himself pechâh Nehemiah 5:14-15, Nehemiah 5:18, which is the ordinary word for "governor." Now for the first time he is called ' the Tirshatha' " (see Ezra 2:63 note.)
The people wept ... - Because the Law brought vividly before them their sins of omission and commission. In Nehemiah 8:10 the Jews were not forbidden to be sorry for their sins, but they were only prohibited from marring a festive occasion with the expression of their sorrow.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Nehemiah 8:9:
Nehemiah 9:1
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