From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Jewish · 1 Reformed
“And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.”
“the Tekoites They were called this because of their place, which was Tekoa. but their mighty men the wealthy men of Tekoa. did not bring their neck They did not assist in the service of the Holy One, blessed be He, to build the wall of the city.”
“And next unto them the Tekoites repaired,.... The inhabitants of Tekoa, a city in the tribe of Judah; see Amo 1:1 but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord; either of Nehemiah, as some, or rather of the lord and prince appointed over their families, as Aben Ezra, to whom they would not be subject; though it seems best, with Jarchi, to understand it of the Lord their God, by whose command this work was begun; but they refused to give any assistance to it with their purses or presence, but withdrew from it, as refractory oxen withdraw their necks from the yoke. This is observed to their disgrace, when the common people of their city were ready to work, and did.”
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.