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John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 3:7

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, etc.] Which places were both in the tribe of Benjamin, (<061825>Joshua 18:25,26) and one of these men was of the one place, and the other of the other: unto the throne of the governor on this side the river; where the governor of those parts under the king of Persia had his seat, and now Nehemiah; but, according to Aben Ezra, Cisse, rendered “throne”, is the name of a man who was the governor.
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