Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 11:2

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

Because they denied themselves, and their own safety and profit for the publick good: for this City was the Bu[illegible: 1+ letters]t of all the malicious plots of their Enemies; and for the present it was rather chargeable than beneficial to its Inhabitants, whereas the Country did more easily and certainly afford them supplies.