Nehemiah 7:4
4 The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.
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4 The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 7:4
Commentary on Nehemiah 7:1-4
(Read Nehemiah 7:1-4)
Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.