Hachaliah

How Nave’s arranged it

• Father of NehemiahNehemiah 1:1Nehemiah 10:1

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. Nehemiah 1:1

   These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 1:12 voices

   “The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah,....

   “The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah - The prophetical books commence generally with a title of this kind (see Jer 1:1); but no other extant historical book begins thus. Nehemiah, while attaching his work to Ezra, perhaps marked in this manner the point at which his own composition commenced. (See the introduction of the Book of Nehemiah.) Chisleu - The ninth month, corresponding to the end of November and beginning of December. In the twentieth year - i. e. of Artaxerxes Longimanus (465-425 B.C.). Compare Neh 2:

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2. Nehemiah 10:1

   Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 10:12 voices

   “It may seem strange that Ezra doth not appear among them. But that might be because he was prevented, by some sickness, or other extraordinary impediment. It is true, we meet with Ezra after this, at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, chap. xii, 36, and therefore he was then freed from this impediment, whatsoever it was.

   “THE REST OF THE PEOPLE BOUND THEMSELVES TO OBSERVE IT. Those who were not present at the sealing ratified the covenant by giving their assent, either in words or by lifting up their hands, and bound themselves, by a solemn oath, to walk in God's law, imprecating a curse upon themselves in the event of their violating it.

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