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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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_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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After his arrival at Jerusalem, Nehemiah waited three days before
taking any steps. Ezra had done the same (Ezra 8:32). It was necessary
to rest after the journey, and to interchange the formalities o...
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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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2. On his arrival, he secretly inspects the city's walls.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:11-20
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So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
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And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did no...
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_SO I CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND WAS THERE THREE DAYS._ _ SO I CAME TO
JERUSALEM, AND WAS THERE THREE DAYS._
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. Deeply affected with
the desolations of Jeru...
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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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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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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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THREE DAYS. — For rest and devotion, after the example of Ezra....
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(9-11) His journey to Jerusalem, occupying some three months, and safe
under good escort, is passed over in the narrative, as Ezra’s had
been. It is mentioned, however, that Sanballat, one of the
_“_g...
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וָ אָבֹ֖וא אֶל ־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וָ
אֱהִי ־שָׁ֖ם
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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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A PATRIOT'S SELF-SACRIFICE
Nehemiah 2:1
The seventh month answers to our March or April, so that four months
had passed since Nehemiah had set himself to special prayer. Between
the king's second que...
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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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CHAPTER II....
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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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So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Ver. 11. _So I came to Jerusalem_] Thither God brought him, as on
eagles' wings, maugre the malice of his enemies. The Jews had great
reason to rejoi...
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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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So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days, resting and casting
up in his mind just bow he might undertake the work of reconstruction,
for there was need of it everywhere....
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NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...
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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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Resting myself after my long journey, and inquiring into the state of
the city....
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Nehemiah 2:11 came H935 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 three H7969 days H3117
Ezra 8:32...
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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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_So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days._
DAYS OF QUIET
Some workers of the present day would have sent round the bellman and
summoned the leading inhabitants to a preliminary convention wi...
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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 2:11 THREE DAYS. Compare Ezra 8:32. IN THE
NIGHT. Nehemiah aims to keep his mission secret from potential en
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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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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...