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Verse 26. _DID NOT SOLOMON_] Have you not had an awful example before
you? What a heavy curse did Solomon's conduct bring upon himself and
upon the people, for a conduct such as _yours_?...
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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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DID NOT SOLOMON... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare 1Ki
11. 2 Samuel 12:24; 2 Samuel 12:25.
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.
MANY. the many.
OUTLANDISH. the foreign. Hebrew. _nakri._...
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_Solomon king of Israel_ An argument from the greater to the less. If
Solomon, the beloved of God, fell through this snare, how much more
likely to sin were these ignorant Jews?
_by these_things] i.e...
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Nehemiah's protest against mixed marriages, cf. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah
10:28; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 9:1 ff;...
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5. Nehemiah deals with the problem of mixed marriages.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:23-29
23
In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod,
Ammon, and Moab.
24
As for their children,...
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_DID NOT SOLOMON KING OF ISRAEL SIN BY THESE THINGS? YET AMONG MANY
NATIONS WAS THERE NO KING LIKE HIM, WHO WAS BELOVED OF HIS GOD, AND
GOD MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: NEVERTHELESS EVEN HIM DID
OUT...
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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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OUTLANDISH] i.e. foreign....
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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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Nehemiah discovered something else when he returned to *Judah. Some of
the men had married women from the nations called Ashdod, Ammon and
Moab. God had ordered the people not to marry foreigners. He...
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הֲ לֹ֣וא עַל ־אֵ֣לֶּה חָטָֽא
־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה מֶ֣לֶ
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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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A DISOBEDIENT AND GAINSAYING PEOPLE
Nehemiah 13:15
Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be
our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people
of God, He...
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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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Here we have recorded another instance of the zeal of Nehemiah in
reforming abuses, both as it concerned the divine honor, and the
people's happiness. Nothing could be more important than the
preserva...
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_GOD’S ‘YET’_
‘Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many
nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and
God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless e...
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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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Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many
nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and
God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did
outl...
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_Did not Solomon sin by these things?_ He quotes a precedent to show
the pernicious consequences of their conduct, which were such as
rendered it necessary that their sin should be animadverted upon b...
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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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Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin by these things? Cf 1 Kings 11:1.
YET AMONG MANY NATIONS WAS THERE NO KING LIKE HIM, WHO WAS BELOVED OF
HIS GOD, 2 Samuel 12:24, AND GOD MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISR...
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INTERMARRIAGES FORBIDDEN...
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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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23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the
children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why
Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of
children...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 13:26 Solomon H8010 king H4428 Israel H3478 sin H2398 (H8804)
many H7227 nations H1471 king H4428 belo
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SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WOMEN (NEHEMIAH 13:23).
Nehemiah's final act to which he calls God's attention is his
purifying of Jerusalem (or possibly of the new Israel) from idolatrous
foreign...
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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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_Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?_
SOLOMON
1. It may appear remarkable that one who fell so grievously should
contribute at all to the Book of God, nor is there any other instance...
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_And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Elashib
did._
THE RELIGIOUS REFORMER
Remark--
I. The state of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s absence.
II. The reforms he achieved.
1. His pu...
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NEHEMIAH 13:23 The Problem of Intermarriage Again. As the returned
exiles ignored covenantal commitments such as Sabbath keeping, they
began losing their sense of identity as God’s special people. One...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:25 Nehemiah calls the people back to
the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 7:1) and cites the example of SOLOMON, who
was turned away fro
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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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1 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles 1:12; 2 Chronicles 9:22;...