Nehemiah 12:29
“Also from the house of Gilgal , and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,.... By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The house of Gilgal - Or, “Beth-Gilgal” - probably the Gilgal north of Jerusalem (now “Jiljilia).
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
From the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth - Or, from Beth-Gilgal; a village erected in the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 12:27-43
We have read of the building of the wall of Jerusalem with a great deal of fear and trembling; we have here an account…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
from the house of Gilgal R.V. from Beth-gilgal. Possibly to be identified with the Gilgal of 2Ki 2:1; 2Ki 4:38, and if…
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