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Verse Nehemiah 6:8. _THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS DONE_] You well know
that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore, trouble myself
about a false charge....
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The attempt to entice Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:1)_
2. The attempt to intimidate him (Nehemiah 6:5)
3. The attempt through a false prophet (Nehemiah 6:10)
4. The wall finished ...
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NEHEMIAH'S ENEMIES MAKE A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE HIS WORK. The
narrative about the rebuilding of the walls, which was broken by ch.
5, is here taken up again. Sanballat and his confederates seek...
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FEIGNEST. Only here and 1 Kings 12:33 (devise)....
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_There are no such things_done] Literally, -it has not happened or it
has not been done according to these words." Nehemiah contents himself
with curtly retorting that there is no sort of foundation f...
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2. They try again by spreading rumors of rebellion.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 6:5-9
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Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time
with an open letter in his hand.
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In it was writte...
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_WHEREIN WAS WRITTEN, IT IS REPORTED AMONG THE HEATHEN, AND GASHMU
SAITH IT, THAT THOU AND THE JEWS THINK TO REBEL: FOR WHICH CAUSE THOU
BUILDEST THE WALL, THAT THOU MAYEST BE THEIR KING, ACCORDING TO...
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ATTEMPTS OF SANBALLAT TO HINDER THE COMPLETION OF THE WALLS
2. Ono] near Lod (Ezra 2:33), now Kefr Ana, some 25 m. from Jerusalem....
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 6
V1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the *Arab and the rest of our enemies
heard that I had finished the wall...
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Sanballat sent another message to Nehemiah. It was a letter, but
Sanballat did not close it. It was open so that anyone could read it.
Sanballat did not want this letter to be secret. He wanted all th...
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וָ אֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ לֵ אמֹ֔ר לֹ֤א
נִֽהְיָה
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WISE AS SERPENTS
Nehemiah 6:1
OPEN opposition had totally failed. The watchful garrison had not once
permitted a surprise. In spite of the persistent malignity of his
enemies, Nehemiah had raised the...
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A GREAT TASK-A SAFEGUARD FROM DANGER
Nehemiah 6:1
How often Satan tries to call us off from our work for God! He cannot
endure to see us engaged so eagerly on our Master's business and
therefore rais...
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In this chapter we have the account of the continuity of opposition to
the work of Nehemiah. It moved, however, on to a new plane. Having
begun in contempt, and proceeded through conspiracy, it now at...
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(5) Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth
time with an open letter in his hand; (6) Wherein was written, It is
reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and...
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Open Warfare
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week in our study of Nehemiah we talked about the tremendous
freedom we have in Christ!
1. In fact, the title was "Liberty or Bondage?"
2. Paul tells us in 1 C...
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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 I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou
sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Ver. 8. _There are no such things done as thou sayest_] Nehemiah is
not too...
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1 Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by hired prophecies, to
terrifie Nehemiah.
15 The worke is finished to the terrour of the enemies.
17 Secret intelligence passeth betweene the enemies, a...
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FURTHER SUBTLE OPPOSITION
(vv. 1-14)
Chapter 5 has been practically a parenthesis in this book, for
Nehemiah had to delay the building of the wall in order to deal with
serious problems inside. How...
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1-9 Let those who are tempted to idle merry meetings by vain
companions, thus answer the temptation, We have work to do, and must
not neglect it. We must never suffer ourselves to be overcome, by
rep...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 6:8 sent H7971 (H8799) saying H559 (H8800) things H1697 say
H559 (H8802) done H1961 ...
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JUDAH'S ADVERSARIES LEARN THAT THE WALL IS COMPLETED APART FROM THE
GATEWAYS (NEHEMIAH 6:1).
Nehemiah 6:1
‘Now it came about, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah,
and to Geshem the Arabian,...
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NEHEMIAH OUTSMARTS HIS ADVERSARIES UNTIL THE WALLS ARE COMPLETED
(NEHEMIAH 6:1)
Work on the walls had meanwhile being going on apace with the result
that it was finally completed apart from the settin...
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CONTENTS: Opposition by craft. Nehemiah's manly firmness. The wall
done.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, Gashum,
Shemaiah.
CONCLUSION: Christian fortitude will always be sharpe...
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Nehemiah 6:6. _Thou mayest be king._ Sanballat accused this very old
man of a crime that was in his own heart, had he but seen an opening,
for he kept a standing army in Samaria.
Nehemiah 6:7. _There...
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_Now it came to pass, when Sanballat._
THE WITNESS TO THE TRUTH
I. His trial, from the stratagems of enemies. The circumstances of his
trial were peculiar. Faith and prayer and pains had now achieved...
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “When Sanballat and the enemies associated with
him were unable to obstruct the building of the wall of Jerusalem by
open violence, they endeavoured to ruin Nehemiah by secret snar...
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EXPOSITION
SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF SANBALLAT AND HIS FRIENDS TO HINDER THE BUILDING
OF THE WALL, AND THEIR FAILURE. THE WALL COMPLETED ...
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Now his enemies weren't yet through; they still continued to seek to
hinder the work and discourage him. And so when Sanballat and Tobiah
saw that the work was going on and the walls were getting up t...
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Acts 24:12; Acts 24:13; Acts 25:10; Acts 25:7; Daniel 11:27;...