Nehemiah 6 - Introduction
_NEHEMIAH REJECTS THE CONGRESS OFFERED BY SANBALLAT, AND DESPISES HIS THREATENING LETTERS. HE REGARDS NOT THE FALSE PROPHETS. THE WALL IS FINISHED IN FIFTY-TWO DAYS._ _Before Christ 445._... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEHEMIAH REJECTS THE CONGRESS OFFERED BY SANBALLAT, AND DESPISES HIS THREATENING LETTERS. HE REGARDS NOT THE FALSE PROPHETS. THE WALL IS FINISHED IN FIFTY-TWO DAYS._ _Before Christ 445._... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND— Norden tells us, that when he and his company were at Essuaen, an express arrived there, dispatched by an Arab prince, who brought a letter directed to the reys, or master of their bark, enjoining him not to set out with his bark, or carry them any further; adding, t... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, WITHIN THE TEMPLE— Hereby is meant the _sanctuary._ Shemaiah had a good pretence to advise Nehemiah to retreat thither, because it was both a strong and a sacred place; being defended by a guard of Levites, and by its holiness privileged from all rude approaches: but his real de... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOULD SUCH A MAN AS I FLEE? &C.— There is something very significant, as well as magnanimous, in these words of Nehemiah. _Should such a man as I flee?_ I, the chief governor; upon whose presence, counsel, and conduct, the very life and being of the whole city and nation, in a great measure, depend... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WALL WAS FINISHED—IN FIFTY-AND-TWO DAYS— How long Nehemiah was in finishing the walls of Jerusalem, interpreters are not agreed; because some of them, supposing the space of two-and-fifty days, here mentioned, to be too short for the perfecting of the whole, have begun their computation from the... [ Continue Reading ]