Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 8:17
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17. since the days of Jeshua . . . had not the children of Israel done so —This national feast had not been neglected for so protracted a period. Besides that it is impossible that such a flagrant disregard of the law could have been tolerated by Samuel, David, and other pious rulers, its observance is sufficiently indicated ( 1 Kings 8:2 ; 1 Kings 8:65 ; 2 Chronicles 7:9 ) and expressly recorded ( Ezra 3:4 ). But the meaning is, that the popular feelings had never been raised to such a height of enthusiastic joy since the time of their entrance into Canaan, as now on their return after a long and painful captivity. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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