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Verse Nehemiah 2:2. _THEN I WAS VERY SORE AFRAID._] Probably the king
spoke as if he had some suspicion that Nehemiah harboured some bad
design, and that his face indicated some conceived treachery or...
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I WAS VERY SORE AFRAID - A Persian subject was expected to be
perfectly content so long as he had the happiness of being with his
king. A request to quit the court was thus a serious matter....
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The King's question (Nehemiah 2:1)_
2. The King's permission (Nehemiah 2:3)
3. The arrival in Jerusalem and the night-ride (Nehemiah 2:9)
4. The resolution to build the wall ...
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NEHEMIAH 1:11 B - NEHEMIAH 2:8. NEHEMIAH RECEIVES PERMISSION FROM
ARTAXERXES TO GO TO JERUSALEM AND REBUILD THE CITY WALLS.
Nehemiah 1:1. the twentieth year of Artaxerxes: 444 B.C. I HAD NOT
BEEN AFOR...
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SORROW OF HEART. See Proverbs 15:13....
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_Wherefore_ R.V. AND.
_sad_ The Hebrew adjective which means literally -bad" is used
constantly in this sense, just as we speak of -bad news" when we mean
-sad news." For this usage cf. Genesis 40:7...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENTS
B. Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem
1. Nehemiah is given permission by Artaxerxes to make the trip.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:1-10
1
And it came about in the month Nisan, in the...
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_WHEREFORE THE KING SAID UNTO ME, WHY IS THY COUNTENANCE SAD, SEEING
THOU ART NOT SICK? THIS IS NOTHING ELSE BUT SORROW OF HEART. THEN I
WAS VERY SORE AFRAID,_
The king said unto me, Why is thy count...
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NEHEMIAH'S RESOLVE TO REBUILD JERUSALEM
This chapter gives an account of Nehemiah's request for leave to
rebuild Jerusalem, his arrival there, and his survey of the ruined
walls, which it was decided...
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SORE AFRAID] i.e. for the success of his intended request....
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 2
V1 It was the month called Nisan in the 20th year of King
Artaxerxes’ rule. I was serving the king w...
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When Nehemiah heard the bad news from *Judah, he prayed. He asked God
to help him so that he could say the right thing to the king. 4 months
later he had his opportunity. He did not waste the 4 months...
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II.
(1-8) Nehemiah’s appeal to the king....
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THEN I WAS VERY SORE AFRAID. — Waiting on Providence, Nehemiah had
discharged his duties for three months without being sad in the
king’s presence; but on this day his sorrow could not be repressed.
H...
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וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ לִ֨י הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ
מַדּ֣וּעַ ׀ פָּנ
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THE PRAYER ANSWERED
Nehemiah 2:1
NEHEMIAH'S prayer had commenced on celestial heights of meditation
among thoughts of Divine grace and glory, and when it had stooped to
earth it had swept over the wi...
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A PATRIOT'S SELF-SACRIFICE
Nehemiah 2:1
The seventh month answers to our March or April, so that four months
had passed since Nehemiah had set himself to special prayer. Between
the king's second que...
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Nehemiah's sadness could not wholly be hidden. He had not been
habitually a sad man, as he himself declares; but the sorrow of his
nation manifested itself as he stood before the king.
It has been sug...
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(2) Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,
seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.
Then I was very sore afraid, (3) And said unto the king, Let the ki...
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Preparation and Equipment
Luke 14:27-31 (NKJV) "And whoever does not bear his cross and come
after Me cannot be My disciple. "For which of you, intending to build
a tower, does not sit down first and...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6.
The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not
one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
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Wherefore the king said unto me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing
thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart.
Then I was very sore afraid,
Ver. 2. _Wherefore the king said...
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_The king said, Why is thy countenance sad?_ His fasting, joined with
inward grief, had made a sensible change in his countenance. _Then I
was sore afraid_ It was an unusual and ungracious thing to co...
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1 Artaxerxes vnderstanding the cause of Nehemiahs sadnesse, sendeth
him with letters and commission to Ierusalem.
9 Nehemiah, to the griefe of the enemies, commeth to Ierusalem.
12 Hee vieweth secre...
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Wherefore the king, noting at once that something unusual had happened
to sadden his trusted servant, SAID UNTO ME, WHY IS THY COUNTENANCE
SAD, SEEING THOU ART NOT SICK THIS IS NOTHING ELSE BUT SORROW...
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Nehemiah's Request Granted by the King...
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This exercise of Nehemiah continued for four months following the
information he received, and finally came to a head in the month Nisan
(corresponding to March or April), when Nehemiah was serving wi...
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1-8 Our prayers must be seconded with serious endeavours, else we
mock God. We are not limited to certain moments in our addresses to
the King of kings, but have liberty to go to him at all times;
ap...
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WHY IS THY COUNTENANCE SAD? his fasting joined with inward grief had
made a sensible change in his very countenance. I WAS VERY SORE
AFRAID; partly, being daunted by the majesty of the king, and the
s...
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Nehemiah 2:2 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) face H6440 sad H7451 sick
H2470 (H8802) sorrow H7455 heart...
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NEHEMIAH'S SUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO THE KING AND HIS SUBSEQUENT
COMMISSION (NEHEMIAH 2:1).
Having reached his decision before God Nehemiah now carried it out
into practise. He came into the king's pres...
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CONTENTS: Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem by permission of Artaxerxes.
CHARACTERS: God, Artaxerxes, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah, Asaph,
Geshem.
CONCLUSION: The Christian should be concerned in the sor...
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Nehemiah 2:1. _Nisan._ See the chronology, Exodus 12. Artaxerxes was
well disposed towards the Jews. He had sent Ezra to Jerusalem in the
seventh year of his reign; he now sends Nehemiah in the twenti...
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_And it came to pass in the month Nizan._
DIVINE INTERPOSITION
I. Was opportune.
1. That God’s plans are worked out with the utmost precision.
2. That God often interferes on His people’s behalf w...
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NEHEMIAH 2:1 Nehemiah Gains Permission to Return and Inspects
Jerusalem’s Walls. Nehemiah is allowed to go to Jerusalem (vv.
Nehemiah 2:1). He surveys the walls, finding them in very poor
condition (v...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 2:2 Nehemiah did not show his grief during
the four months since Nehemiah 1:1, perhaps because it was part of his
duty to be positive and encouraging. Nehemiah was...
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.]
NEHEMIAH 2:1. NISAN] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4, first month in Hebrew
national year. Corresponds to parts of our March and April.
NEHEMIAH 2:3. LET THE KING LIVE FOR EVER] (Heb....
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EXPOSITION
NEHEMIAH 2:1
IN THE MONTH NISAN. The fourth month after Chisleu, corresponding
nearly to our April. How it came about that Nehemiah did not put the
king's favour to the proof until more th...
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"You've never been sad in my presence before, what's wrong with you?"
And so Nehemiah opened up his heart. Actually, the king had asked him
a question and the king discerned. He said, "It's obviously...
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Genesis 40:7; Proverbs 15:13...
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REBUILDING THE WALL
Nehemiah 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we study the Book of Nehemiah we learn the truth of that old
saying, "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform." This
was true in...
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Sad — His fasting joined with inward grief had made a sensible
change in his countenance. Afraid — It was an unusual and ungrateful
thing to come into the king of Persia's presence with any token of
s...