NEHEMIAH THE PATRIOT
Nehemiah 1:1
THE Book of Nehemiah is the last part of the chronicler's narrative.
Although it was not originally a separate work, we can easily see why
the editor, who broke up the original volume into distinct books,
divided it just where he did. An interval of twelve or thir... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER
Nehemiah 1:4
NEHEMIAH records the twofold effect of the melancholy news which his
brother and the other travellers from Jerusalem brought him. Its first
consequence was grief; its second prayer. The grief was expressed in
the dramatic style of the Oriental by weeping, lamentations... [ Continue Reading ]