The interpretation timeline

Neh 11:7

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Reformed · 1 Lutheran

Neh 11:7 · Douay-Rheims

“And these are the children of Benjamin: Sellum the son of Mosollam, the son of Joed, the son of Phadaia, the son of Colaia, the son of Masia, the son of Etheel, the son of Isaia.”

Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900

1771

A.D.

John Gill Reformed

1697–1771

“Who dwelt in Jerusalem, of whom the same account is given in these two verses as in Ch1 9:10, only Seraiah here is called Azariah there. , only Seraiah here is called Azariah there. Nehemiah 11:11 neh 11:11 neh 11:11 neh 11:11And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two,.... That offered the sacrifices, burnt incense, set on the shewbread, lighted the lamps, &c. and Adaiah the son of Jeroham; see Ch1 9:12 whose genealogy is traced here through Pelaliah, Amzi, Zechariah, Pashur, to Malchiah.”

Source

1875

A.D.

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran

1861–1875

“Of the Benjamites there were two heads of houses: Sallu, and after him Gabbai-Sallai, with nine hundred and twenty-eight fathers of families. Their chief was Joel the son of Zichri, and Jehuda the son of Sennah over the city as second (prefect).”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.