Nehemiah 5:17 KJV — MannaFest

Nehemiah 5:17

Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

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ASV

Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.

WEB

There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.

YLT

and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that are round about us, are at my table;

DBT

And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

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Nehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.

Author: Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
Date: Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC

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1 Kings 18:19
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
1 Peter 4:9–10
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
2 Samuel 9:7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Romans 12:13
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

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5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Rulers - Not only Jews of the inferior sort, for whom meaner provisions might suffice, but also their rulers, for whom better provision was fit; who resorted to him upon all occasions, to give him notice of the enemies designs; or to receive his orders.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Let those in public places remember that they were preferred to do good, not to enrich themselves; and let people in humbler stations learn to use hospitality one to another without grudging, 1 Pet. iv. He concludes with a prayer (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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