Nehemja 2:16

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Forstanderne visste ikke hvor jeg hadde vært, og hvad jeg tok mig fore; for jeg hadde ennu ikke nevnt noget om det for jødene eller prestene eller de fornemme eller forstanderne eller de andre, som skulde utføre arbeidet.

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.