The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 7:70

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The Tirshatha gave. This is additional to the information contained in Ezra, who does not separate Zerubbabel's offering from that of the other heads of families (Nehemiah 2:1-20 :69). The account of the oblations is altogether more exact in Nehemiah than in the earlier historian.

For the value of the contributions made, see the comment on Ezra (1.s.c.).

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