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CHAPTER IV
_Sanballat and Tobiah mock the Jews, and endeavour to prevent_
_the completing of the wall_, 1-3.
_Nehemiah prays against them, and the people complete one half of_
_the wall_, 4-6.
_T...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The indignation and sneers of the enemies (Nehemiah 4:1)_
2. Nehemiah's ejaculatory prayer (Nehemiah 4:4)
3. Conspiracy, and more prayer (Nehemiah 4:7)
4. Nehemiah's precautions and...
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SAMARITAN ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE THE BUILDING OF THE WALLS. In Nehemiah
4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the
passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the efforts mad...
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BUT. And.
SANBALLATIN See note on Nehemiah 2:10.
BUILDED. were building.
WROTH. The third form of opposition. See note on Nehemiah 2:10....
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Nehemiah 4:1-23. The Opposition to the Work. (_a_) 1 6. The ridicule
of the Samaritans. (_b_) 7 23. The menaces of the foe, and the
precautions taken by Nehemiah
1. The IVth Chapter in ordinary editi...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
D. The enemies try ridicule and rumor to block construction.
1. Their enemies try to block them with ridicule.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:1-6
1.
Now it came about that when S...
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_BUT IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN SANBALLAT HEARD THAT WE BUILDED THE
WALL, HE WAS WROTH, AND TOOK GREAT INDIGNATION, AND MOCKED THE JEWS._
When Sanballat heard ... he was wroth. The Samaritan faction...
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THE MACHINATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF THE JEWS
1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival (Nehemiah 2:10) was
increased by the work accomplished by the latter....
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Sanballat and Tobiah were enemies of the *Jews. They did not want the
*Jews to build the walls of Jerusalem again. They probably knew that
Jerusalem would become an important city for trade again. So...
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MOCKED THE JEWS. — The mockery comes afterwards. Here, as often in
Nehemiah, a general statement is made which is afterwards expanded....
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_[Nehemiah 3:33]_ וַ יְהִ֞י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר
שָׁמַ֣ע סַנְבַלַּ֗ט כִּֽי
־אֲנַ֤חְנוּ בֹונִים֙ אֶת ־הַ֣ חֹומָ֔ה...
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Nehemiah 2:19
ON GUARD
Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1
ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem show that
Nehemiah was awake to the dangers with which he was surrounded...
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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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As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from
derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt.
However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and
li...
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CONTENTS
In this chapter me have an account of the opposition the builders of
the wall met with from the common enemy. While they mock, Nehemiah
takes refuge in prayer, and setteth a watch to prevent...
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Overcoming the Opposition
St. Teresa of Avila (d. A.D. 1582), founder of the Carmelites, was
noted for an ironic sense of humor and a deft way of turning a phrase.
One day, Teresa was about to go on...
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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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But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the
wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Ver. 1. _But it came to pass_] The devil and his imps have ever...
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_And mocked the Jews_ Pretending contempt in his words, when he had
grief, anger, and vexation in his heart. _And he spake before his
brethren_ Before Tobiah, Geshem, and others, whom Nehemiah calls h...
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1 While the enemies scoffe, Nehemiah prayeth and continueth the worke.
7 Vnderstanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, hee setteth a
watch.
13 Hee armeth the labourers,
19 and giueth military p...
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But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, the Samaritan leader, heard
that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation,
being filled with jealous rage, AND MOCKED THE JEWS, not darin...
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DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION
(vv. 1-23)
The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part
of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness
of mockery,...
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1-6 Many a good work has been looked upon with contempt by proud and
haughty scorners. Those who disagree in almost every thing, will unite
in persecution. Nehemiah did not answer these fools accordin...
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NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 4 The enemies scoff, and are angry, NEHEMIAH 4:1.
Nehemiah prayeth against them and continueth the work, NEHEMIAH 4:4.
Understanding the wrath and design of their enemies, he setteth...
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Nehemiah 4:1 Sanballat H5571 heard H8085 (H8804) rebuilding H1129
(H8802) wall H2346 furious H2734 (H8799) very H7235 (H8687) indignant
H3707 (H8799) mocked H3932 (H8686) Jews H3064
Sanballat - Nehem...
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SANBALLAT AROUSES THE NEIGHBOURS OF THE JEWS TO RIDICULE THEIR
ATTEMPTS TO REBUILD THE WALLS, BUT WITHOUT EFFECT (NEHEMIAH 4:1).
We note here the deepening of the already revealed opposition to the
J...
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CONTENTS: Opposition by ridicule, anger and discouragement.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah.
CONCLUSION: God's people are often a despised people, loaded with
contempt, but the reproach...
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Nehemiah 4:2. _He spake before his brethren;_ that is, before Tobias,
&c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had
convened for counsel against the Jews.
Nehemiah 4:5. _Let not the...
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_But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the
wall, he was wroth._
SANBALLAT: A STUDY IN PARTY SPIRIT
You must clearly understand, to begin with, that Samaria was already,
even...
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NEHEMIAH 4:1 Opposition Intensifies, but the People Continue
Watchfully. While the building continues, Sanballat and his allies
resort to direct action in order to stop it, but their plot is foiled....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap.
Nehemiah 3:1
NEHEMIAH 4:1. SANBALLAT] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10. THAT WE BUILDED
THE WALL] That we were building it (participle e...
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EXPOSTION
OPEN OPPOSITION OFFERED TO THE WORK BY SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH, AND
ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY NEHEMIAH TO MEET IT (Nehemiah 4:1.). It would
seem that Sanballat and his friends, when they first heard...
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Now it came to pass, when [this antagonist] Sanballat [and Tobiah]
learned that they had started building the wall, they were very angry,
and they began to mock the Jews (Nehemiah 4:1).
And they gath...
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Acts 5:17; Ezra 4:1; Hebrews 11:36; Matthew 27:29; Nehemiah 2:10;
Nehemiah 2:19; Psalms 35:15; Psalms 35:16; Psalms 44:13; Psalms 44:14...