Nehemiah 10:4 is made up simply of the names of persons, with no expressed promise in it. It belongs with the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah of the leading ones who went up from the captivity and of those who had married strange wives. Like the more than fifteen hundred verses of genealogies and name lists in the Bible, it cannot be counted as one of God's precious promises, leaving far fewer than thirty-six thousand verses that could be promises.
The three men named, Hattush, Shebaniah, and Malluch, were among those associated with and who sealed the covenant made by the returned remnant after their final return to Jerusalem. That covenant was to keep the law of Moses, affirming the Pentateuch as their authoritative book.
The verse belongs to Nehemiah 8-10, part of the book written by Nehemiah, a governor appointed of the Lord and given the burden of restoring Jerusalem. It covers the time from about 446-408, the last reform on his return to Jerusalem. The book records the ups and downs, battles and conflicts, defeats and victories of the Jews at Jerusalem under that reformation. Nehemiah worked always with the highest good of Jerusalem in mind, impatient toward the people because of their slackness in doing the work of God, and indignant toward those sinning against God in uniting with the heathen peoples, even bringing them into the very temple itself. His manner as a zealous reformer is not always one to copy, yet with all the circumstances surrounding him he is not to be condemned, for he was there for God, the city was the Lord's city, and the people were the Lord's people.
The last reform undertaken in the book was upon the better observance of the Sabbath, and that last reformation is typical of God's work in other ages, especially in the last days. The verse belongs to the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, a period of Babylonian life whose background in the ancient lands adjoining Israel and having dealings with that people confirms the Bible narrative and gives information concerning archaeology and its rapid development.
Nehemiah 10:4 is made up simply of the names of persons, with no expressed promise in it. It belongs with the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah of the leading ones who went up from the captivity and of those who had married strange wives. Like the more than fifteen hundred verses of genealogies and name lists in the Bible, it cannot be counted as one of God's precious promises, leaving far fewer than thirty-six thousand verses that could be promises.
The three men named, Hattush, Shebaniah, and Malluch, were among those associated with and who sealed the covenant made by the returned remnant after their final return to Jerusalem. That covenant was to keep the law of Moses, affirming the Pentateuch as their authoritative book.
The verse belongs to Nehemiah 8-10, part of the book written by Nehemiah, a governor appointed of the Lord and given the burden of restoring Jerusalem. It covers the time from about 446-408, the last reform on his return to Jerusalem. The book records the ups and downs, battles and conflicts, defeats and victories of the Jews at Jerusalem under that reformation. Nehemiah worked always with the highest good of Jerusalem in mind, impatient toward the people because of their slackness in doing the work of God, and indignant toward those sinning against God in uniting with the heathen peoples, even bringing them into the very temple itself. His manner as a zealous reformer is not always one to copy, yet with all the circumstances surrounding him he is not to be condemned, for he was there for God, the city was the Lord's city, and the people were the Lord's people.
The last reform undertaken in the book was upon the better observance of the Sabbath, and that last reformation is typical of God's work in other ages, especially in the last days. The verse belongs to the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, a period of Babylonian life whose background in the ancient lands adjoining Israel and having dealings with that people confirms the Bible narrative and gives information concerning archaeology and its rapid development.