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Nehemiah 9:1 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 9 · verse 1
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.Nehemiah 9:1 · King James Version
Nehemiah 9:1 in context
1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sackclothessaqproperly, a meshH8242 →
- assembledʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- fastingtsôwma fastH6685 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- fourthʼarbaʻfourH702 →
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We have here a general account of a public fast which the children of Israel kept, probably by order from Nehemiah, by and with the advice and consent of the chief of the fathers. It was a fast that men appointed, but such a fast as God had chosen; for, 1. It was a day to afflict the soul, Isa 58:5.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3