Nehemiah - 7:4 Meaning

“Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.”

King James Version (KJV)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:1-4 Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on every one's care to guard himself and his family against sin.