ILL NEWS FROM JERUSALEM. NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER 1. The words] better, 'the history.' Some thirteen or fourteen years separate the visit of Nehemiah to Jerusalem, recorded in this book, from that of Ezra which is related in Ezra 7. NEHEMIAH] Nehemiah, as stated in Nehemiah 1:11, occupied an important pos... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH WERE LEFT, etc.] i.e. the Jews dwelling at Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROVINCE] Judæa was now a province of the Persian empire (Ezra 5:8). THE WALL.. BROKEN DOWN] This is most naturally explained by the supposition that some recent attempt had been made to fortify Jerusalem, which had been forcibly stopped; and such an attempt seems described in Ezra 4:7. But some... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYED] Nehemiah's prayer consists of a confession of sin, an appeal to God's promises, and an entreaty for help in the undertaking he contemplated.... [ Continue Reading ]