Nehemiah 4 - Introduction
_HALF OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM ARE FINISHED. SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH CONSPIRE TOGETHER TO HINDER IT: NEHEMIAH SETS A WATCH NEAR THE WALL._ _Before Christ 445._... [ Continue Reading ]
_HALF OF THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM ARE FINISHED. SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH CONSPIRE TOGETHER TO HINDER IT: NEHEMIAH SETS A WATCH NEAR THE WALL._ _Before Christ 445._... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT DO THESE FEEBLE JEWS, &C.— Mr. Peters observes upon this passage, which is remarkable for its phraseology, that it seems to give no obscure intimation, that the doctrine of the resurrection was the popular belief of the Jews in these days. _"Reviving of stones,"_ says he, "is a very easy metaph... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH, &C.— The ingenious publisher of the Ruins of Balbeck tells us, that in Palestine he has often seen the husbandman sowing, accompanied by an armed friend, to prevent his being robbed of the seed by the Arabs. This robbing the husbandman of his seed seems to have been an anc... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SAID UNTO US TEN TIMES, &C.— _They told us frequently from all places that which they designed against us._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY ONE WITH ONE OF HIS HANDS, &C.— This is figurative, and means only that they were prepared either to build or to fight, it being impossible for them to have worked, if both hands had not been at liberty.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAVING THAT EVERY ONE PUT THEM OFF FOR WASHING— _Even for a whole month._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Never did the cause of God begin to prosper, but the enemies of God began to malign and resist it. Let us never be discouraged, if we see this old enmity revive. 1. Sanballat and Tobiah, the swor... [ Continue Reading ]