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Verse 15. _BY THE BROOK_] _Kidron_.
_BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY_] The valley through which the brook Kidron
flowed. It was by this gate he went out; so he went all round the
city, and entered by the s...
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THE BROOK - The Kidron watercourse, which skirted the city on the
east.
TURNED BACK - i. e. he turned westward, and having made the circuit of
the city, re-entered by the valley-gate....
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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 ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM AND SURVEYS THE WALLS.
Nehemiah 2:9. The account of the journey is omitted, interest being
centred upon what Nehemiah was going to do in Jerusalem. THE GOVERNORS
BEYOND T...
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THE BROOK. Hebrew. _nahal,_. torrent, mostly fed by rains. Not
_nahar,_. constant river....
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_Then went I up_ The tense in the original denotes the gradual
progress.
_by the brook_ i.e. the -nakhal" or -brook" (χείμαρρος) of
Kedron. Leaving the ruined line of wall, he goes down to the hollow...
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_b_ 73 _a_. The Register of those who returned with Zerubbabel = Ezra
2:1-70
_a register of the genealogy_ R.V. THE BOOK.
_of them which came up at the first_ The only natural explanation of
these wo...
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Nehemiah 2:11 to Nehemiah 7:5. The Commission performed
Nehemiah 2:11-20. The Work undertaken
The incidents of this passage may be grouped as follows:
(_a_) 11. Nehemiah's arrival: (_b_) 12
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Nehemiah's tour of inspection [1]
[1] The Topography of the Walls of Jerusalem, in pre-Maccabean times,
remains in great obscurity. The places mentioned in Nehemiah 2:13-15;
Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 12...
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2. On his arrival, he secretly inspects the city's walls.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:11-20
11
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
12
And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did no...
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_THEN WENT I UP IN THE NIGHT BY THE BROOK, AND VIEWED THE WALL, AND
TURNED BACK, AND ENTERED BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, AND SO RETURNED._
Then went I up ... by the brook - i:e., Kidron.
AND ENTERED...
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2:15 valley, (c-10) Or 'torrent.' see Deuteronomy 2:13 ....
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TURNED BACK] presumably along the N. wall, so as to make the circuit
of the city....
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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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Nehemiah wanted to build the city walls as quickly as possible. But
there was much to do. He would have to work hard. So he rested for
three days after his long journey. God had given him the desire t...
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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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BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, AND SO RETURNED. — The itineration seems
to have completed the circuit of the walls....
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(12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries....
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וָ אֱהִ֨י עֹלֶ֤ה בַ † נַּ֨חַל֙
לַ֔יְלָה...
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THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
Nehemiah 2:9
NEHEMIAH'S journey up to Jerusalem differed in many respects from
Ezra's great expedition, with a host of emigrants, rich stores, and
all the accompaniments of a large...
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BRAVING RIDICULE AND TREACHERY
Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 4:1
_ Suspicion_, Nehemiah 2:12. Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a
native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are many
descendants of...
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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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_Torrent of Cedron, having gone round the city. (Calmet)_...
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(11) So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (12) And I
arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man
what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was...
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Facing the Challenge
I. INTRODUCTION
A. As we have said before, when faced with building or re-building the
spiritual walls in our life, our home or our neighborhood, we have 2
choices:
1. We can i...
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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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Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and
turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and [so] returned.
Ver. 15. _Then went I up in the night_] _sc._ By moonlight; f...
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_I went on to the gate of the fountain_ That is, which led to the
fountain, to wit, of Siloah or Gihon. _And to the king's pool_ That
which King Hezekiah had made, of which see 2 Chronicles 32:3. _But...
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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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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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9-18 When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that
God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does
not undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves...
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BY THE BROOK of Kidron; of which SEE POOLE ON "2 SAMUEL 15:23". And so
returned; having gone round about the city....
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Nehemiah 2:15 up H5927 (H8802) night H3915 valley H5158 viewed H7663
(H8802) (H8675) H7665 ...
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NEHEMIAH SECRETLY INSPECTS THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND THE DECISION IS
MADE TO REBUILD THEM (NEHEMIAH 2:11).
Having arrived safely in Jerusalem Nehemiah rested, prior to a secret
surveillance of the co...
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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 I arose in the night._
NEHEMIAH, THE MODEL WORKER
I. He works thoughtfully. Before he commences this tremendous task he
spends some time in deliberation. Who can tell the thoughts of
Nehemiah as...
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_Then I came to the governors beyond the river._
THE INITIAL STAGES OF A GREAT REFORMATION
Great reformations often have an insignificant commencement and are
slow in developing their true proportio...
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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 2:13 Nehemiah surveys the WALLS mainly on
the southern and eastern sides—the city of David and the Kidron
Valley. The VALLEY GATE was probably on the southwestern side of the...
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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'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 3:9). On his way to
Jerusalem, Nehemiah would pass through the provinces of various
Persian satraps and governors. To those beyond the Euphrates he...
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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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2 Samuel 15:23; Jeremiah 31:38; John 18:1; Nehemiah 2:13...
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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...