George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Nehemiah 4:6
Thereof, all round; as masons were stationed in different parts, (ver. 19.) and not barely on one side of the city. (Calmet) --- Tobias alludes to the present lowness of the walls, ver. 3. (Haydock)
Thereof, all round; as masons were stationed in different parts, (ver. 19.) and not barely on one side of the city. (Calmet) --- Tobias alludes to the present lowness of the walls, ver. 3. (Haydock)
Verse Nehemiah 4:6. _FOR THE PEOPLE HAD A MIND TO WORK._] The original is very emphatic: ויהי לב לעם לעשות _vayehi leb leam laasoth_, "For the people had a _heart_ to work." Their _hearts_ were engage...
UNTO THE HALF THEREOF - i. e. to half the intended height....
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...
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...
UNTO THE HALF. The circuit complete to _half the height._ MIND. heart....
_So built we_ R.V. SO WE BUILT. No emphasis on -we." _unto the half thereof_ R.V. UNTO HALF the height THEREOF. -All the wall was joined together." The circumvallation was complete. There were no gap...
DISCOURSE: 440 THE EFFICACY OF ZEAL AND DILIGENCE Nehemiah 4:6. _The people had a mind to work_. GREAT and useful undertakings are often declined, from an idea that we are not able to carry them into...
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...
_SO BUILT WE THE WALL; AND ALL THE WALL WAS JOINED TOGETHER UNTO THE HALF THEREOF: FOR THE PEOPLE HAD A MIND TO WORK._ All the wall was joined together unto the half thereof. The whole circuit of the...
4:6 mind (i-22) Lit. 'heart.'...
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....
WAS JOINED.. THEREOF] The circuit of the wall was completed and raised to half the intended height....
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 4 V1 Sanballat heard that we were building the wall again. So he became very angry. He laughed at the...
So Nehemiah prayed. That is what we would expect him to do. Perhaps he called the people together to pray. (He says ‘us’ in his prayer.) He knew that his enemies were not just insulting the *Jews. Th...
UNTO THE HALF. — Up to half the height the wall was now continuous....
_[Nehemiah 3:38]_ וַ נִּבְנֶה֙ אֶת ־הַ֣ חֹומָ֔ה...
Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
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...
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...
(6) So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. This good will in the people to the work, and the prosperity of the work itsel...
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...
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...
_So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work._ Ver. 6. _So built we the wall_] This followed upon his prayer, as a gracious ans...
_All the wall was joined unto the half thereof_ That is, the wall was built round the whole city, there being no space unbuilt, and it was carried up to half the height that it was intended to be. _Fo...
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...
So built we the wall, continuing in spite of all the efforts of the enemies to discourage them; AND ALL THE WALL WAS JOINED TOGETHER UNTO THE HALF THEREOF, the half of the intended height; FOR THE PEO...
THE PLANS OF THE ADVERSARIES...
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,...
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 accordi...
UNTO THE HALF THEREOF; either, 1. In length; or rather, 2. In height; for the whole circumference of the wall was distributed among the builders, who also had carried on the work, beginning at the sh...
Nehemiah 4:6 built H1129 (H8799) wall H2346 wall H2346 together H7194 (H8735) half H2677 people H5971 mind...
CONTINUAL OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF THE WALL AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO IT (NEHEMIAH 4:1 TO NEHEMIAH 6:14). Meanwhile the work did not go on unopposed. Powerful men were involved in seeking to ensure...
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...
Nehemiah 4:6 We see in this passage: I. Co-operation. "The _people_had a mind to work." Success in war is due to two principles. The one is, Divide your enemy; and the other is, Unite yourselves. In...
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...
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 thei...
_So we built the wall._ FELLOWSHIP IN CHRISTIAN SERVICE 1. They built it notwithstanding sneers. “What do these feeble Jews?” Sanballat said. All the Sanballats are not dead yet. Often, when you wou...
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....
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 4:6 HALF ITS HEIGHT. At this point, the project could still be stopped. ⇐...
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
EXPOSTION OPEN OPPOSITION OFFERED TO THE WORK BY SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH, AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY NEHEMIAH TO MEET IT ...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:14; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Chronicles 29:3;...
The half — Unto half its height....