CONTENTS
Nehemiah appearing with a sad countenance before the king his master,
occasions the monarch to ask the cause. Upon being informed, and
Nehemiah making request to go to Jerusalem, the king graciously grants
it, and furnisheth him with all suitable things for his journey.
Nehemiah 2:1
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(2) Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad,
seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart.
Then I was very sore afraid, (3) And said unto the king, Let the king
live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the
place of my fathers' sepul... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come
a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Israel, in all ages, met with Ammonites and Moabites to vex and oppose
them. And what is it otherwise now? Jesus... [ Continue Reading ]
(11) So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (12) And I
arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man
what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there
any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. (13) And I went
out by night by the gate... [ Continue Reading ]
(19) But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn,
and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye
rebel against the king? (20) Then answered I them, and said unto them,
The God of heaven, he will... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
MARK, my soul, the very different characters which distinguish men of
the world from real lovers of God. Their features, manners, customs,
pursuits, habits, pleasures, all differ. Whatever root of bitterness
it is, I do not presume to say, but certain it is that there is a root
of bitter... [ Continue Reading ]