Nehemiah 11:2

WEB

The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

KJV

And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

Commentary

And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. Who were not taken by lot, but of the ir own accord settled at Jerusalem; they praised them for it, and wished them all happiness and prosperity, since they denied themselves of ease and profit for the sake of the public good; and it is this which makes the difference between the list of the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Ch1 9:2 &c. and this here, that takes in all that settled there, whether voluntarily or by lot; this only such as were fixed by the lot, and of them only those who were of greatest note and esteem, as Jarchi observes, and so it follows.