The children of Hariph numbered at one hundred and twelve stand in the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah of the leading ones who went up from the captivity, giving a family name with its number. It is part of the numbering of the Jews given again after the wall was finished in fifty-two days in B.C. 444. That completion followed Nehemiah's refusal to come down from his great work despite the treacherous plots of Sanballat, Geshem, and Tobiah. Even their enemies then perceived that the work was wrought of God, and proper officers and watches were appointed.
The verse belongs to the record of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. That narrative of Israel's dealings with the ancient lands adjoining Israel is confirmed and illuminated by discoveries in those lands. It is not an expressed precious promise to God's people, but belongs with more than fifteen hundred verses of names of persons that cannot be counted as promises. Not every verse is a promise.
The children of Hariph numbered at one hundred and twelve stand in the lists in Ezra and Nehemiah of the leading ones who went up from the captivity, giving a family name with its number. It is part of the numbering of the Jews given again after the wall was finished in fifty-two days in B.C. 444. That completion followed Nehemiah's refusal to come down from his great work despite the treacherous plots of Sanballat, Geshem, and Tobiah. Even their enemies then perceived that the work was wrought of God, and proper officers and watches were appointed.
The verse belongs to the record of Babylonian life in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. That narrative of Israel's dealings with the ancient lands adjoining Israel is confirmed and illuminated by discoveries in those lands. It is not an expressed precious promise to God's people, but belongs with more than fifteen hundred verses of names of persons that cannot be counted as promises. Not every verse is a promise.