Nehemija 2:16

Croatian Bible

a da savjetnici nisu primijetili kamo sam otišao i što sam učinio. Sve do sada nisam ništa rekao Židovima: ni svećenicima, ni velikašima, ni savjetnicima, ni drugima nadstojnicima.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the rulers: Nehemiah 2:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:11 - nobles

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did..... The rulers of the city of Jerusalem, who seem to be officers of the king of Persia, since they are distinguished from Jewish rulers in the next clause:

neither had I as yet told it to the Jews; what he came about and designed to do:

nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers; the principal men among the Jews, both ecclesiastical and civil:

nor to the rest that did the work; of building and repairing; neither those that were employed in it, nor those that overlooked it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rulers - The principal authorities of the city, in the absence of the special governor.

The rest that did the work - i. e. “the laboring class that (afterward) actually built the wall.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. The rulers knew not whither I went — He made no person privy to his design, that he might hide every thing as much as possible from their enemies till he had all things in readiness; lest they should take measures to defeat the work.