DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWS. Neither this nor the next section, Nehemiah
5:14 (the two belong closely together) can be in their right place.
Nehemiah 5:1 deals with the economic straits to which the Jews had
been reduced through want of food; yet the text nowhere hints that
their evil plight was in any... [ Continue Reading ]
NEHEMIAH ENUMERATES THE OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF HIS BENEFICENT RULE.
The main points here are that Nehemiah and his subordinate officials
had not taken advantage of their undoubted right of exacting
provisions from the people (I and my brethren have not eaten the bread
of the governor, i.e. the sust... [ Continue Reading ]