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Verse Nehemiah 13:6. _WAS NOT I AT JERUSALEM_] Nehemiah came to
Jerusalem in the _twentieth_ year of Artaxerxes, and remained there
till the _thirty-second_ year, _twelve_ years: then returned to
Baby...
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ARTAXERXES KING OF BABYLON - See Nehemiah 1:1. Compare Ezra 6:22,
where Darius Hystaspis is called “king of Assyria.”
AFTER CERTAIN DAYS - Or, “at the end of a year,” which is a
meaning that the phras...
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CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The separation of the mixed multitude (Nehemiah 13:1)_
2. The unholy alliance repudiated (Nehemiah 13:4)
3. Nehemiah's action in behalf of the Levites and singers (Nehemiah
13:10
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SOME DETAILS OF NEHEMIAH'S RULE. This section, taken for the most part
from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the
Temple (Nehemiah 13:4), his organisation for the maintenance...
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See Nehemiah 13:4 for. special note.
NOT. AT JERUSALEM. Nehemiah did not return with Haggai and Zachariah
at the beginning of this reign. See longer note on Nehemiah 13:4.
THE TWO AND THIRTIETH YEAR....
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_was not I_ R.V. I WAS NOT.
_the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes_ I.E. b.c. 433, twelve years
since his appointment to be governor of Judea (Nehemiah 2:6).
_king of Babylon_ For this title appli...
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Part IV. NEHEMIAH's SECOND VISIT
Ch. Nehemiah 13:4-9.
His Vindication of the Sanctity of the Temple.
Nehemiah 13:10-14.
His Provision for the Maintenance of the Levites.
Nehem
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2. Tobiah is driven out.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:4-9
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Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the
chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah,
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had prepared a larg...
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_BUT IN ALL THIS TIME WAS NOT I AT JERUSALEM: FOR IN THE TWO AND
THIRTIETH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES KING OF BABYLON CAME I UNTO THE KING, AND
AFTER CERTAIN DAYS OBTAINED I LEAVE OF THE KING:_
But in all th...
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THE REFORM OF ABUSES
The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude
and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in connexion with
the chambers of the Temple, the provi...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 13
Twelve years after the people rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem,
Nehemiah returned to Persia. Some tim...
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When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, he discovered what Eliashib had
done. So Nehemiah was very angry. This does not mean that Nehemiah
could not control his temper. It means that he acted in a strict...
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(4-9) The scandal of the high priest....
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WAS NOT I AT JERUSALEM. — Parenthetical explanation of this
disorderly state of things.
KING OF BABYLON. — Probably it was at Babylon that Nehemiah found
the court, and therefore he does not say _“_K...
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וּ בְ כָל ־זֶ֕ה לֹ֥א הָיִ֖יתִי בִּֽ
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THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER
Nehemiah 13:1
THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded
off with a perfect conclusion always leaves room for an appendix,
which in its turn may...
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NEGLECT OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES
Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:1
In Nehemiah 12:44 we have recorded the care that was manifested for
the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a
res...
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In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last
reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the
court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he
return...
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But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of (d) Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king,
and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
(d) Calle...
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_Days. Prefixed (chap. ii. 6.) I asked. Hebrew, "was required to
attend by the king," for about ten years. After which period, I
returned and found such disorders. Some believe that Nehemias had been...
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It should seem very plainly from what is here said, that Nehemiah had
returned to Persia, and now was come back to Jerusalem. During his
absence Eliashib the High Priest, to his everlasting disgrace,...
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It's Not How You Start
I. INTRODUCTION
II. Nehemiah 13:1-31 (NKJV) On that day they read from the Book of
Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that
no Ammonite or Moabite...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13.
We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a
joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had
blessed th...
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But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and
after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
Ver. 6. _But...
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_But in all this time was I not at Jerusalem_ Which gave Eliashib the
opportunity of doing these things; for unless Nehemiah had been
absent, he durst not have done them. _For in the two and thirtieth...
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1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is made from the mixed
multitude.
4 Nehemiah at his returne, causeth the chambers to bee cleansed.
10 He reformeth the offices in the house of God.
15 The...
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But in all this time, while this desecration took place, WAS NOT I AT
JERUSALEM; FOR IN THE TWO AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES, KING OF
BABYLON, about twelve years after his first trip to Jerusalem,...
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IN THE TEMPLE AND ITS SERVICES...
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SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE
(vv. 1-3)
At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the
Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the
assembly of God, because o...
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AFTER CERTAIN DAYS:
_ Heb._ at the end of days
OBTAINED I LEAVE:
Or, I earnestly requested...
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1-9 Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations.
See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly
attended to, it discovers to us sin and duty, good and evil,...
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ALL THIS TIME WAS NOT I AT JERUSALEM; and Eliashib took the occasion
of my absence to do these things, supposing that I would no more
return thither. CAME I UNTO THE KING, to wit, from Jerusalem; wher...
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WITH NEHEMIAH HAVING TO RETURN TO REPORT TO ARTAXERXES, UNHOLINESS
AGAIN BEGAN TO INFILTRATE THE HOLY CITY, A SITUATION WHICH HAD TO BE
DEALT WITH ON NEHEMIAH'S RETURN (NEHEMIAH 13:1).
It should be no...
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CONTENTS: Cleansing the temple. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem
and his further reforms.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Eliashib, Tobiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing grieves a godly man more than to see th...
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Nehemiah 13:6. _In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes._ Having been
governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned _to the king,_
at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months at t...
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NEHEMIAH 13:1 Ejection of Tobiah the Ammonite from the Temple. While
Nehemiah was in the Persian capital of Susa, reporting to the king (v.
Nehemiah 13:6; see note on 2:4–6),
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:4 The connection of these verses with
vv. Nehemiah 13:1 is that TOBIAH, an enemy of the community ...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:6 I WAS NOT IN JERUSALEM. Nehemiah had
been called back to the Persian court in the THIRTY-SECOND YEAR (433
B.C.; see...
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EXPLANATORY Notes.]
NEHEMIAH 13:1. ON THAT DAY] This is to be understood in the same sense
as _at that time_, in chap. Nehemiah 12:44. But no doubt public
readings of the law took place frequently dur...
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EXPOSITION
NEHEMIAH'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION (Nehemiah 13:1). After
having exercised the office of governor for twelve years, from B.C.
444 to B.C. 432, Nehemiah had had occasion to visit...
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On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of all the
people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and the
Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Bec...
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2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Exodus 32:1; Matthew 13:25;...
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But, &c. — Eliashib took the occasion of my absence to do these
things. Came I — From Jerusalem; where he had been once and again....