Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Nehemiah 6:7
A king — We have now a king of our nation. Counsel — That we may impartially examine the matter, that thy innocency may be cleared.
A king — We have now a king of our nation. Counsel — That we may impartially examine the matter, that thy innocency may be cleared.
Verse Nehemiah 6:7. _THOU HAST ALSO APPOINTED PROPHETS_] Persons who pretend to be commissioned to preach to the people, and say, _Nehemiah reigneth_! _COME NOW THEREFORE, AND LET US TAKE COUNSEL_] C...
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 ...
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...
THERE IS. KING: or, he hath become king. COME NOW, &C. The object still compromise....
_thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee_ There were doubtless prophets in Jerusalem who supported Nehemiah as well as prophets who opposed him (Nehemiah 6:10-14). Sanballat suggests first...
2. They try again by spreading rumors of rebellion. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 6:5-9 5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand. 6 In it was writte...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
וְ גַם ־נְבִיאִ֡ים הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּ לִ קְרֹא֩ עָל
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...
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...
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...
And thou hast also appointed (d) prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and...
Prophets. This was false; though, no doubt, the true prophets who lived at that time, would promote the laudable undertakings of Nehemias. (Haydock) --- To counteract their influence, the enemies hire...
(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...
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...
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...
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let...
_Saying, There is a king in Judah_ We have now a king of our own nation, and are free from the bondage of a foreign yoke. _Come now, therefore, and let us take counsel together_ That we may impartiall...
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...
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, to proclaim his selection by divine authority, SAYING, THERE IS A KING IN JUDAH; AND NOW SHALL IT BE REPORTED TO THE KING ACCORDIN...
THE ENMITY OF SANBALLAT...
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...
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...
THERE IS A KING IN JUDAH; we have now a king of our own nation, and are free from the bondage of a foreign yoke. Let us take counsel together, that we may impartially examine the matter, that either t...
Nehemiah 6:7 appointed H5975 (H8689) prophets H5030 proclaim H7121 (H8800) Jerusalem H3389 saying H559 (H8800) king...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
_Gashmu saith it._ DETRACTION I. What is detraction? 1. In general it is an unjust violation of another’s reputation or that good report which is due to him. (1) It is a sin against God. (2) It i...
_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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 6:5 Sanballat’s FIFTH attempt to defeat Nehemiah was an OPEN LETTER (v. Nehemiah 6:5). Its public nature w
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...
EXPOSITION SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF SANBALLAT AND HIS FRIENDS TO HINDER THE BUILDING OF THE WALL, AND THEIR FAILURE. THE WALL COMPLETED ...
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...
1 Kings 1:18; 1 Kings 1:25; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Kings 1:7; 2 Samuel 15:10