like the preceding one of Ezra, is clearly and certainly not all by the same hand. [Ezra, Book
Of, BOOK OF] By far the most important portion, indeed is the work of Nehemiah but other portions
are either extracts from various chronicles and registers or supplementary narratives and reflections,
some apparently by Ezra, others, perhaps the work of the same person who inserted the latest,
genealogical extracts from the public chronicles. The main history contained in the book of Nehemiah
covers about twelve years, viz., from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes
Langimanus i.e. from B.C. 445 to 433. The whole narrative gives us a graphic and interesting
account of the state of Jerusalem and the returned captives in the writer’s times, and, incidentally,
of the nature of the Persian government and the condition of its remote provinces, The book of
Nehemiah has always had an undisputed place in the Canon, being included by the Hebrews under
the general head of the book of Ezra, and, as Jerome tells us in the Prolog. Gal., by the Greeks and
Latins under the name of the second book of Ezra.
Nehiloth
The title of (Psalms 5:1) in the Authorized Version is rendered “To the chief musician upon
Nehiloth .” It is most likely that nehiloth is the general term for perforated wind-instruments of all
kinds, as neginoth denotes all manner of stringed instruments.
Nehum
(consolation), one of those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:7)
Nehushta
(brass), the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, wife of Jehoiakim and mother of Jehoiachin,
kings of Judah. (2 Kings 24:8) (B.C. 616.)
Nehushtan
(a thing of brass), the name by which the brazen serpent made by Moses in the wilderness,
(Numbers 21:9) was worshipped in the time of Hezekiah. (2 Kings 18:4) It is evident that our
translators by their rendering “and he called it Nehushtan” understood that the subject of the sentence
is Hezekiah and that when he destroyed the brazen serpent he gave it the name Nehushtan “a brazen
thing” in token of his utter contempt. But it is better to understand the Hebrew as referring to the
name by which the serpent was generally known, the subject of the verb being indefinite— “and
one called it ’Nehushtan.’”
Neiel
(moved by God), a place which formed one of the landmarks of the boundary of the tribe of
Asher. (Joshua 19:27) only. It occurs between Jiphthahel and Cabul. If the former of these be
identified with Jefat, and the latter with Kabul, eight or nine miles east-southeast of Akka, then
Neiel may possibly be represented by Mi’ar, a village conspicuously placed on a lofty mountain
brow, just halfway between the two.
Nekeb
(cavern), one of the towns on the boundary of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:3) It lay between Adami
and Jabneel. A great number of commentators have taken this name as being connected with the
preceding.
Nekoda
(distinguished).
•The descendants of Nekoda returned among the Nethinim after the captivity. (Ezra 2:48; Nehemiah
7:50)
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