And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
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Interpretation
Nehemiah knew that the safety of a city, under God, depends more upon the inhabitants than upon its walls. Every good gift and every good work are from above.
Glossary
- Addon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
- Cherub Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
- Immer Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
- Tel-harsha Place
- Hill of the wood, a place in Babylon from which some captive Jews returned to Jerusalem ( Ezra 2:59 ; Neh. 7:61 ). Modern identification: Nippur.
- Tel-melah Place
- Hill of salt, a place in Babylon from which the Jews returned (id. ). Modern identification: Nippur.