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Verse 22. _LET EVERY ONE WITH HIS SERVANT LODGE WITHIN_ _JERUSALEM_]
The country people were accustomed, after their day's labour, to
return to their families; now being so formidably threatened, he
o...
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LET EVERY ONE ... LODGE WITHIN JERUSALEM - i. e. Let none return to
his own village or city at night, but let all take their rest in
Jerusalem.”...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The indignation and sneers of the enemies (Nehemiah 4:1)_
2. Nehemiah's ejaculatory prayer (Nehemiah 4:4)
3. Conspiracy, and more prayer (Nehemiah 4:7)
4. Nehemiah's precautions and...
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SAMARITAN ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE THE BUILDING OF THE WALLS. In Nehemiah
4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the
passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the efforts mad...
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LODGE. pass the night. Few, or no houses yet. See Nehemiah 7:4;
Nehemiah 13:21. Compare Hebrew. _lun._ First occurrence Genesis 19:2;
Genesis 24
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_Likewise … said I unto the people_ Another prudent regulation is
enacted by Nehemiah. He addresses -the people," namely the common
people capable of bearing arms, as distinguished from the nobles on...
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3. Work progresses in the midst of precautions.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:15-23
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And it happened when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and
that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us retu...
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_THEREFORE SET I IN THE LOWER PLACES BEHIND THE WALL, AND ON THE
HIGHER PLACES, I EVEN SET THE PEOPLE AFTER THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEIR
SWORDS, THEIR SPEARS, AND THEIR BOWS._
No JFB commentary on these...
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4:22 servant (c-16) Heb. 'young man;' and so ver. 23 and ch. 5.15,16....
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THE MACHINATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF THE JEWS
1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival (Nehemiah 2:10) was
increased by the work accomplished by the latter....
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 4
V1 Sanballat heard that we were building the wall again. So he became
very angry. He laughed at the...
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So the people continued to work. Some repaired the walls and the rest
protected them. They all worked even harder from dawn until nightfall.
Even the people who lived outside Jerusalem stayed in the c...
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_[Nehemiah 4:16]_ גַּ֣ם בָּ † עֵ֤ת הַ...
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Nehemiah 2:19
ON GUARD
Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1
ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
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THE TRIUMPH OF COURAGE AND DEVOTION
Nehemiah 4:13
The work of rebuilding the ruins of Zion is typical of our efforts as
Christians to counteract the deterioration which is ever at work in
our own hea...
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As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from
derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt.
However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and
li...
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_Midst. Before they had gone home. (Calmet) --- Let us. Protestants,
"that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day."
(Haydock)_...
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(16) В¶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of
my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both
the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and...
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Fighting and Building
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week in our study of Nehemiah, we saw that no spiritual
re-building can be done effectively without first removing the
rubbish.
1. Sin makes a lousy fo...
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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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Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with
his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a
guard to us, and labour on the day.
Ver. 22. _Likewise at the...
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_Half of them held the spears_ For the use of every man, if there
should be occasion. _From the rising of the morning till the stars
appeared_ Working very early and very late. _Let every one with his...
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1 While the enemies scoffe, Nehemiah prayeth and continueth the worke.
7 Vnderstanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, hee setteth a
watch.
13 Hee armeth the labourers,
19 and giueth military p...
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DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION
(vv. 1-23)
The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part
of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness
of mockery,...
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16-23 We must watch always against spiritual enemies, and not expect
that our warfare will be over till our work is ended. The word of God
is the sword of the Spirit, which we ought to have always at...
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WITHIN JERUSALEM; not in the suburbs, or adjoining villages, as
probably many of them did, returning thence to their work in the
morning....
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Nehemiah 4:22 time H6256 said H559 (H8804) people H5971 man H376
servant H5288 night H3885 (H8799) in...
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NEHEMIAH'S PROVISION FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE BUILDERS (NEHEMIAH 4:16).
Nehemiah now called on his own specialist troops, fully armed with
mail and shields, to act as a protective force for Jerusalem. T...
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SANBALLAT AND HIS ALLIES DETERMINE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BUILDERS OF
THE WALLS WITH THE AIM OF PREVENTING THEIR COMPLETION ONLY TO BE
THWARTED BY NEHEMIAH'S PRECAUTIONS (NEHEMIAH 4:7).
Their derision h...
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CONTENTS: Opposition by ridicule, anger and discouragement.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah.
CONCLUSION: God's people are often a despised people, loaded with
contempt, but the reproach...
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Nehemiah 4:2. _He spake before his brethren;_ that is, before Tobias,
&c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had
convened for counsel against the Jews.
Nehemiah 4:5. _Let not thei...
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NEHEMIAH 4:1 Opposition Intensifies, but the People Continue
Watchfully. While the building continues, Sanballat and his allies
resort to direct action in order to stop it, but their plot is foiled....
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 4:21 They worked on the wall in the day
and guarded the city at night. By not taking OFF their CLOTHES, they
remained ready to engage the enemy....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap.
Nehemiah 3:1
NEHEMIAH 4:1. SANBALLAT] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10. That
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EXPOSITION
NEHEMIAH 4:7
IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN SANBALLAT, AND TOBIAH, at Samaria, AND THE
ARABIANS, AND THE AMMONITES, AND THE ASHDODITES, in their respective
residences, HEARD THAT THE WALLS OF...
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Now it came to pass, when [this antagonist] Sanballat [and Tobiah]
learned that they had started building the wall, they were very angry,
and they began to mock the Jews (Nehemiah 4:1).
And they gath...
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Nehemiah 11:1; Nehemiah 11:2...