"Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach."
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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The King's question (Nehemiah 2:1)_
2. The King's permission (Nehemiah 2:3)
3. The arrival in Jerusalem and the night-ride (Nehemiah 2:9)
4. The resolution to build the wall (Nehemi...
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NEHEMIAH ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM AND SURVEYS THE WALLS.
Nehemiah 2:9. The account of the journey is omitted, interest being
centred upon what Nehemiah was going to do in Jerusalem. THE GOVERNORS
BEYOND...
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THE DISTRESS. How so, if the Temple was already built?...
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_b_ 73 _a_. The Register of those who returned with Zerubbabel = Ezra
2:1-70
_a register of the genealogy_ R.V. THE BOOK.
_of them which came up at the first_ The only natural explanation of
these wo...
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2. On his arrival, he secretly inspects the city's walls.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:11-20
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So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
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And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did no...
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_THEN SAID I UNTO THEM, YE SEE THE DISTRESS THAT WE ARE IN, HOW
JERUSALEM LIETH WASTE, AND THE GATES THEREOF ARE BURNED WITH FIRE:
COME, AND LET US BUILD UP THE WALL OF JERUSALEM, THAT WE BE NO MORE A...
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NEHEMIAH'S RESOLVE TO REBUILD JERUSALEM
This chapter gives an account of Nehemiah's request for leave to
rebuild Jerusalem, his arrival there, and his survey of the ruined
walls, which it was decided...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 2
V1 It was the month called Nisan in the 20th year of King
Artaxerxes’ rule. I was serving the king wi...
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(12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries....
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וָ אֹומַ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם אַתֶּ֤ם רֹאִים֙
הָ רָעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנַ֣חְנוּ בָ֔הּ
אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ חֲרֵבָ֔ה וּ...
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THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
Nehemiah 2:9
NEHEMIAH'S journey up to Jerusalem differed in many respects from
Ezra's great expedition, with a host of emigrants, rich stores, and
all the accompaniments of a large...
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BRAVING RIDICULE AND TREACHERY
Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 4:1
_ Suspicion_, Nehemiah 2:12. Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a
native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are many
descendants of...
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Nehemiah's sadness could not wholly be hidden. He had not been
habitually a sad man, as he himself declares; but the sorrow of his
nation manifested itself as he stood before the king.
It has been su...
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Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how
Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire:
come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no mor...
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(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...
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Facing the Challenge
I. INTRODUCTION
A. As we have said before, when faced with building or re-building the
spiritual walls in our life, our home or our neighborhood, we have 2
choices:
1. We can i...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6.
The time in which Nehemiah laboured for the good of his people was not
one of those brilliant phases which, if faith be there, awaken even...
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Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how
Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire:
come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no mor...
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_That we be no more a reproach_ Exposed to the scorn and insults of
the people around about. _I told them of the hand of my God,_ &c. That
is, he informed them how favourable God had made the king to...
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1 Artaxerxes vnderstanding the cause of Nehemiahs sadnesse, sendeth
him with letters and commission to Ierusalem.
9 Nehemiah, to the griefe of the enemies, commeth to Ierusalem.
12 Hee vieweth secre...
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NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...
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This exercise of Nehemiah continued for four months following the
information he received, and finally came to a head in the month Nisan
(corresponding to March or April), when Nehemiah was serving wi...
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9-18 When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that
God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does
not undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 2:17 said H559 (H8799) see H7200 (H8802) distress H7451
Jerusalem H3389 waste H2720 gates H8179 burned H3341 (H8738) fire H784
Come H3212 (H8798) build H1129 (H8799) wall H2346 Jerusalem H338...
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NEHEMIAH SECRETLY INSPECTS THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND THE DECISION IS
MADE TO REBUILD THEM (NEHEMIAH 2:11).
Having arrived safely in Jerusalem Nehemiah rested, prior to a secret
surveillance of the c...
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Nehemiah 2:17
Jerusalem for us is the Church. "The wall of Jerusalem is thrown
down," the fugitives said to Nehemiah. Is not this the message which
many voices bring us today from all quarters of Chr...
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CONTENTS: Nehemiah's visit to Jerusalem by permission of Artaxerxes.
CHARACTERS: God, Artaxerxes, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah, Asaph,
Geshem.
CONCLUSION: The Christian should be concerned in the sor...
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Nehemiah 2:1. _Nisan._ See the chronology, Exodus 12. Artaxerxes was
well disposed towards the Jews. He had sent Ezra to Jerusalem in the
seventh year of his reign; he now sends Nehemiah in the twenti...
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_Then I came to the governors beyond the river._
THE INITIAL STAGES OF A GREAT REFORMATION
Great reformations often have an insignificant commencement and are
slow in developing their true proportio...
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NEHEMIAH 2:17 First Signs of Opposition. Nehemiah now exhorts his
countrymen. They are willing to work, but opposition quickly emerges,
as vv. Nehemiah 2:9 have already hinted.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.]
NEHEMIAH 2:1. NISAN] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4, first month in Hebrew
national year. Corresponds to parts of our March and April.
NEHEMIAH 2:3. LET THE KING LIVE FOR EVER] (Heb....
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EXPOSITION
NEHEMIAH'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 3:9). On his way to
Jerusalem, Nehemiah would pass through the provinces of various
Persian satraps and governors. To those beyond the Euphrates h...
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"You've never been sad in my presence before, what's wrong with you?"
And so Nehemiah opened up his heart. Actually, the king had asked him
a question and the king discerned. He said, "It's obviously...
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1 Samuel 11:2; Ezekiel 22:4; Ezekiel 22:5; Ezekiel 5:14; Ezra 10:2;
Ezra 5:1; Ezra 5:2; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:4; Jeremiah 24:9;...
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REBUILDING THE WALL
Nehemiah 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we study the Book of Nehemiah we learn the truth of that old
saying, "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform." This
was true in...