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THE LOWER PLACES - The places where those within the walls had the
least advantage of elevation, the naturally weak places, where an
enemy was likely to make his attack....
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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...
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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...
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THE LOWER PLACES BEHIND: or, the lowest parts of the space behind....
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_Therefore set I_, &c. Nehemiah's action recorded in this verse was
intended to meet the needs of the situation generally. -Therefore"
must not be limited in application to Nehemiah 4:12. The difficul...
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2. The Jews faced the menace of an attack.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:7-14
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Now it came about when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites,
and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerus...
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_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...
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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....
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ON THE HIGHER PLACES] RV 'in the open (i.e. exposed) places': where
they could be seen to be on guard....
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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...
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AFTER THEIR FAMILIES. — In allusion to the ambushes of Nehemiah
4:11, Nehemiah set families together — besides the appointed guards
— “ in the lower places,” where the wall was not raised to the
due h...
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_[Nehemiah 4:7]_ וָֽ אַעֲמִ֞יד מִֽ
תַּחְתִּיֹּ֧ות לַ...
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Nehemiah 2:19
ON GUARD
Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1
ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
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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...
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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...
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_Place. Hebrew adds, "below." --- Round. Hebrew, "on the hills."
(Haydock) --- To remove the apparent contradiction, (Calmet)
Protestants supply, " and on the higher places." Septuagint, "in
lurking h...
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(9) Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
against them day and night, because of them. (10) And Judah said, The
strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much...
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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...
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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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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.
Ver. 13. _Therefore set I...
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_Therefore, in the lower places behind the wall_ Within the walls,
where they were not yet raised to their due height, and therefore most
liable to the enemies' assault. _On the higher places_ Upon th...
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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...
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Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, where the wall
was lowest in height, AND ON THE HIGHER PLACES, literally, "the
exposed parts," where an attack had most chances of being successful...
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Nehemiah's Precautions...
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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,...
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7-15 The hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and promise
themselves success in; but good work is God's work, and it shall
prosper. God has many ways of bringing to light, and so of bringing t...
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IN THE LOWER PLACES BEHIND THE WALL; to stand by and within the walls
where they were lowest, and not yet raised to their due height, and
therefore most liable to the enemy's assault. ON THE HIGHER PL...
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Nehemiah 4:13 positioned H5975 (H8686) behind H310 lower H8482 parts
H4725 wall H2346 openings H6706 (H8675)...
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NEHEMIAH'S TAKES PRECAUTIONS AND HIS RESPONSE ENCOURAGES THE BUILDERS
AND BALKS THE ENEMY (NEHEMIAH 4:13).
Nehemiah's response demonstrated his leadership abilities, and his
firm practicality. He call...
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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...
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CONTINUAL OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF THE WALL AND PROBLEMS RELATED
TO IT (NEHEMIAH 4:1 TO NEHEMIAH 6:14).
Meanwhile the work did not go on unopposed. Powerful men were involved
in seeking to ensure...
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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...
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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...
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_But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobtah, and the
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls.
.. conspired all of them together._
FOES OF THE FAITH
It is well...
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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....
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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
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Chronicles 32:2; Ephesians 6:11; Genesis 32:13;...
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Behind — Within the walls where they were not yet raised to their
due height, and therefore most liable to the enemies assault. Higher
— Upon the tops of the walls where they were finished, and the
to...