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Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
Nehemiah 5:14
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
from the twentieth: Nehemiah 2:1, Nehemiah 13:6
I and my: 1 Corinthians 9:4-15, 1 Corinthians 9:18, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 2 Thessalonians 3:9
the bread: Ezra 4:13, Ezra 4:14, Romans 13:6, Romans 13:7
Reciprocal: Judges 8:29 - in his own house 2 Samuel 23:3 - ruling Nehemiah 2:6 - I set him a time Nehemiah 5:18 - required Haggai 1:1 - governor Matthew 25:16 - went John 8:14 - yet 2 Corinthians 12:18 - in the same steps
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah,.... That is, by the king of Persia, which was not done when he was first sent into Judea; but very probably when he had finished the wall in fifty two days, he returned to Persia, and gave the king an account of his success, and how things stood in those parts, when he judged it necessary to send him again in the character of a governor, and which was still within the same year, as follows: from the twentieth year, even unto the thirty second year of Artaxerxes, that is, twelve years; see Nehemiah 13:6.
I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor; which was fit and proper for him, and used to be given him; neither he, nor those that assisted him in the government, the principal men he brought along with him, and put into posts and places under him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Have not eaten the bread of the governor - i. e. “have not, like other Persian governors, lived at the expense of the people under my government.” See Ezra 4:14 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. — From what is related here, and in the following verse, we find that the table of the governor was always supplied by the people with bread and wine; and, besides, they had forty shekels per diem for their other expenses. The people were also greatly oppressed by the servants and officers of the governor; but, during the twelve years that Nehemiah had been with them, he took not this salary, and ate none of their bread. Nor were his servants permitted to take or exact any thing from them. Having such an example, it was scandalous for their chiefs, priests, and nobles, thus to oppress an afflicted and distressed people.
