Chapter Six PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS 1. Can you find two occasions when Nehemiah prayed? 2. What was the basis of the information which his enemies had? 3. What saved Nehemiah from their plots? 4. How long did it take to repair the wall about Jerusalem? 5. What were the results to their enemi... [ Continue Reading ]
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT F. The enemies resort to tactics of diversion, but the wall is completed. 1. Sanballat and Geshem plot treachery through invitation to a conference. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 6:1-4 1 Now it came about when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab, and to the... [ Continue Reading ]
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 written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel;... [ Continue Reading ]
3. Tobiah tries his hand at discrediting Nehemiah. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 6:10-14 10 And when I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for... [ Continue Reading ]
4. Success is achieved in spite of some differences with Tobiah. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 6:15-19 15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. 16 And it came about when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they lost their confid... [ Continue Reading ]