Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 11

Jerusalem was walled round, but it was not as yet fully inhabited, and therefore was weak and despicable. Nehemiah’s next care is to bring people into it; of that we have here an account. I. The methods taken to replenish it, Nehemiah 11:1, 11:2. II. The principal persons that resided there, of Judah and Benjamin (Nehemiah 11:3-11:9), of the priests and Levites, Nehemiah 11:10-11:19. III. The several cities and villages of Judah and Benjamin that were peopled by the rest of their families, Nehemiah 11:20-11:36. MHBCC 425.1