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Verse Nehemiah 1:4. _AND MOURNED_ CERTAIN _DAYS_] From the month
_Chisleu_ to the month _Nisan_; about _four_ months from the time he
received the above information, till the time that Artaxerxes not...
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THE GOD OF HEAVEN - This title of the Almighty, which is Persian
rather than Jewish (see 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:2 note; Ezra 6:10;...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. HOW NEHEMIAH RETURNEDTO JERUSALEM AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. Nehemiah hears of the condition of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:1)_
2. His great sorrow, and pray...
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PART III (Nehemiah 1:1 to Nehemiah 7:73_ a_). THE WORK OF NEHEMIAH.
Nehemiah 1:1 a. Nehemiah, Hearing of the Evil Plight of his Brethren
in Jerusalem, Prays for Divine Aid....
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SAT DOWN AND WEPT.
This sad account of the condition of Jerusalem deeply moved Nehemiah.
Though it was. hundred and fifty years since his fathers had been
brought from Judea, and though he had. high p...
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THESE WORDS. Evidently the first authentic news he had heard. No
wonder he was heartbroken.
PRAYED. Nehemiah. man of prayer. Compare Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 4:5;
Nehemiah 5:19;...
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Nehemiah 1:1 to Nehemiah 7:73 _a_. Extract from the memoirs of
Nehemiah
1. The Superscription. -In many MSS. and editions the beginning of
this book is closely united with the last verse of Ezra, and...
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_SAD WORDS CONCERNING JERUSALEM -- NEHEMIAH 1:1-4:_ Nehemiah is
identified as the son of Hachaliah. He served in Shushan, the palace
of the king of Persia. This is where Esther had lived and served as...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
I. The Wall is Rebuilt, and Reforms are Instituted at Nehemiah's First
Visit: Chapter s 1-7
A. Nehemiah hears of Jerusalem's helplessness.
1. Report on Jerusalem.
TEX...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN I HEARD THESE WORDS, THAT I SAT DOWN AND
WEPT, AND MOURNED CERTAIN DAYS, AND FASTED, AND PRAYED BEFORE THE GOD
OF HEAVEN,_
When I heard these words ... I sat down ... and m...
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ILL NEWS FROM JERUSALEM. NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER
1. The words] better, 'the history.' Some thirteen or fourteen years
separate the visit of Nehemiah to Jerusalem, recorded in this book,
from that of Ezra w...
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PRAYED] Nehemiah's prayer consists of a confession of sin, an appeal
to God's promises, and an entreaty for help in the undertaking he
contemplated....
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH
EXPLANATION
There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the
number...
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This news made Nehemiah very sad. He was sad for many days and he did
not eat.
Sometimes people do not eat for a short time if they are very sad.
They may do this so that they have more time to pray...
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(4-11) Nehemiah’s appeal to God. The prayer is a perfect example of
the private and individual devotion with which the later Hebrew
Scriptures abound. It begins with formal and appropriate invocation...
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וַ יְהִ֞י כְּ שָׁמְעִ֣י ׀ אֶת ־הַ
דְּבָרִ֣ים
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NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER
Nehemiah 1:4
NEHEMIAH records the twofold effect of the melancholy news which his
brother and the other travellers from Jerusalem brought him. Its first
consequence was grief; its s...
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A PATRIOT'S PRAYER
Nehemiah 1:1
Though living in luxury, in the winter palace of the Persian kings,
Nehemiah's heart was keenly sensitive to all that affected his people.
But he turned from tears to...
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This is the last Book of Old Testament history. An interval of about
twelve years occurred between the reformation under Ezra and the
coming of Nehemiah. The story is the continuation of the work
comm...
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_Days; about four months, till Nisan. (Calmet)_...
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(3) And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall
of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are b...
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_A PATRIOT’S PRAYER_
‘I … fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.’
Nehemiah 1:4
It was an evidence of Nehemiah’s piety that the news from Judah
troubled him deeply. His mourning continued for...
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Recognizing the Need
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Nehemiah is a book about re-building that which is broken down!
1. It's about seeing a work that needs to be done and allowing the
Holy Spirit the freedom to...
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Through grace, faith had set up the altar, and the Gentiles had had
nothing to do with it, except by voluntary service; but when the city
is to be rebuilt, it is the governor appointed by the Gentiles...
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And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the
God of heaven,
Ver. 4. _And it came to pass when I heard_] It wa...
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_When I heard these words I sat down_ Probably upon the ground, as the
manner was, in great sorrow, and perhaps in ashes; _and wept and
mourned certain days_ Thus the desolations and distresses of the...
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1 Nehemiah, vnderstanding by Hanani, the misery of Ierusalem,
mourneth, fasteth and prayeth.
5 His prayer.
1 THE words of Nehemiah the sonne of Hachaliah. And it came to passe
in the moneth Chisleu,...
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And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, withdrawing from his
duties at court and giving, vent, in his retirement, to the most
ove...
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Nehemiah's Grief over Jerusalem....
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MOVED BY THE REPORTED CONDITION OF JERUSALEM
Though verse 1 makes it clear that this whole book records "the words
of Nehemiah," it may be that Nehemiah spoke these words to another
person, who wrote...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 1:4 heard H8085 (H8800) words H1697 down H3427 (H8804) wept
H1058 (H8799) mourned H56 ...
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NEHEMIAH'S CRY GOES UP TO GOD (NEHEMIAH 1:4).
So Nehemiah now did what God's true people always do when they face
adversity. He prayed to YHWH. The prayer is very much an
individualistic one, although...
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CONTENTS: Nehemiah learns of distress in Jerusalem. His prayer.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Hanani.
CONCLUSION: The desolation and distresses of the church should deeply
concern the Christian and mov...
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Nehemiah 1:1. _The words of Nehemiah._ Poole, in his Synopsis of the
Critics, having examined very accurately what antiquity has said
concerning the author of this book, I cannot do better than transl...
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_And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept._
SAD TIDINGS AND FRUITFUL GRIEF
I. The occasion of His grief.
1. Not personal loss.
(1) Men grieve on account of personal...
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_The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah._
THE ROYAL CUP-BEARER
I. Let us notice the words alluded to by Nehemiah. They were as
follows: “And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentiet...
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NEHEMIAH 1:1 Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem to Rebuild Its Walls. This
section recounts Nehemiah’s vision for and first efforts in
rebuilding Jerusalem. He learns of Jerusalem’s decaying condition
(Neh...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 1:4 WEPT AND MOURNED. Compare Ezra 9:4;
Ezra 10:1. Go
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.]
NEHEMIAH 1:1. THE WORDS] (Heb. Divray). See 1 Kings 11:41, where the
same word is rendered “acts.” HACHALIAH] His ancestral home was
Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:3). Hence he was probably...
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PART I.
INTRODUCTORY SECTION. Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 2:1.
EXPOSITION
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH NEHEMIAH OBTAINED HIS COMMISSION TO
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By Chuck Smith
Let's turn to Nehemiah for our study this evening.
Nehemiah introduces himself in the first verse of chapter 1 and the
date of the writing of his prophecy, the twentieth year of Artaxer...
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NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER
Nehemiah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We are now entering a new series of three sermons concerning Nehemiah
and the depleted city of Jerusalem which he loved. In this study we
will consi...
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The God of heaven — Who seeth in secret; secret; having no
opportunity of doing it openly....