"And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it."
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Verse Nehemiah 2:5. _THE CITY OF MY FATHERS' SEPULCHRES_] The tombs of
the dead were sacred among the ancients, and nothing could appear to
them more detestable than disturbing the ashes or remains of...
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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 1:11 B - NEHEMIAH 2:8. NEHEMIAH RECEIVES PERMISSION FROM
ARTAXERXES TO GO TO JERUSALEM AND REBUILD THE CITY WALLS.
Nehemiah 1:1. the twentieth year of Artaxerxes: 444 B.C. I HAD NOT
BEEN AFOR...
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_If it please the king, and if thy servant,_&c. A double conditional
sentence precedes the request. On the king's approbation of the policy
and on the king's personal favour to Nehemiah must depend th...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENTS
B. Nehemiah comes to Jerusalem
1. Nehemiah is given permission by Artaxerxes to make the trip.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:1-10
1
And it came about in the month Nisan, in the...
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_AND SAID UNTO THE KING, LET THE KING LIVE FOR EVER: WHY SHOULD NOT MY
COUNTENANCE BE SAD, WHEN THE CITY, THE PLACE OF MY FATHERS'
SEPULCHRES, LIETH WASTE, AND THE GATES THEREOF ARE CONSUMED WITH
FIRE...
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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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II.
(1-8) Nehemiah’s appeal to the king....
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וָ אֹמַ֣ר לַ † מֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם ־עַל ־הַ
מֶּ֣לֶךְ טֹ֔וב וְ אִם ־יִיטַ֥ב
עַבְדְּךָ֖ ל
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THE PRAYER ANSWERED
Nehemiah 2:1
NEHEMIAH'S prayer had commenced on celestial heights of meditation
among thoughts of Divine grace and glory, and when it had stooped to
earth it had swept over the wi...
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A PATRIOT'S SELF-SACRIFICE
Nehemiah 2:1
The seventh month answers to our March or April, so that four months
had passed since Nehemiah had set himself to special prayer. Between
the king's second que...
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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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(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 ki...
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Preparation and Equipment
Luke 14:27-31 (NKJV) "And whoever does not bear his cross and come
after Me cannot be My disciple. "For which of you, intending to build
a tower, does not sit down first and...
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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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_And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant
have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah,
unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it...
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_I said, If it please the king_, &c. My request, whatever it is, I
humbly and wholly submit to the king's good pleasure, in which I am
resolved to acquiesce. _If thy servant have found favour in thy s...
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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's Request Granted by the King...
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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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1-8 Our prayers must be seconded with serious endeavours, else we
mock God. We are not limited to certain moments in our addresses to
the King of kings, but have liberty to go to him at all times;
ap...
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IF IT PLEASE THE KING: my request, whatsoever it is, I humbly and
wholly submit it to the king's good pleasure, being resolved to
acquiesce in it. IF THY SERVANT HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN THY SIGHT: I
pret...
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Nehemiah 2:5 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 pleases H2895 (H8804) king
H4428 servant H5650 favor H3190 (H8799) sight H6440 send H7971 (H8799)
Judah H3063 city H5892 fathers H1 tombs H6913 rebuild H1129...
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NEHEMIAH'S SUCCESSFUL APPROACH TO THE KING AND HIS SUBSEQUENT
COMMISSION (NEHEMIAH 2:1).
Having reached his decision before God Nehemiah now carried it out
into practise. He came into the king's pres...
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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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_And it came to pass in the month Nizan._
DIVINE INTERPOSITION
I. Was opportune.
1. That God’s plans are worked out with the utmost precision.
2. That God often interferes on His people’s behalf w...
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NEHEMIAH 2:1 Nehemiah Gains Permission to Return and Inspects
Jerusalem’s Walls. Nehemiah is allowed to go to Jerusalem (vv.
Nehemiah 2:1). He surveys the walls, finding them in very poor
condition (v...
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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 2:1
IN THE MONTH NISAN. The fourth month after Chisleu, corresponding
nearly to our April. How it came about that Nehemiah did not put the
king's favour to the proof until more th...
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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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2 Samuel 14:22; Esther 1:19; Esther 5:8; Esther 7:3; Esther 8:5; Ezra
5:17; Proverbs 3:4; Ruth 2:13...
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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...