Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Nehemiah 4:22
Within Jerusalem; not in the suburbs, or adjoining villages, as probably many of them did, returning thence to their work in the morning.
Within Jerusalem; not in the suburbs, or adjoining villages, as probably many of them did, returning thence to their work in the morning.
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...
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.”...
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...
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...
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
_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...
3. Work progresses in the midst of precautions. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:15-23 15 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...
_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...
4:22 servant (c-16) Heb. 'young man;' and so ver. 23 and ch. 5.15,16....
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....
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...
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...
_[Nehemiah 4:16]_ גַּ֣ם בָּ † עֵ֤ת הַ...
Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
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...
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...
_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)_...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, those living in distant villages and towns and even in the suburbs making their home in the cap...
Nehemiah's Precautions...
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,...
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...
Nehemiah 4:22 time H6256 said H559 (H8804) people H5971 man H376 servant H5288 night H3885 (H8799) in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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
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...
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...
Nehemiah 11:1; Nehemiah 11:2...