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Verse Nehemiah 2:3. _LET THE KING LIVE FOR EVER_] Far from wishing
ill to my master, I wish him on the contrary to live and prosper for
ever. AELIAN, _Hist. Var_. lib. i. c. 32, uses the same form of...
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THE CITY ... OF MY FATHERS’ SEPULCHRES - We may conclude from this
that Nehemiah was of the tribe of Judah, as Eusebius and Jerome say
that he was....
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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 ...
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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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LET THE KING LIVE. The usual Oriental salutation.
LIETH WASTE. Compare Nehemiah 1:3. Impossible if Ezra with his 42,360
returned exiles were already there, and had rebuilt the temple! See
notes on Neh...
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_Let the king live for ever_ For this formula opening an address to a
king see Daniel 2:4; Daniel 3:9. Cf. 1 Kings 1:31.
_why should not my countenance be sad?_ i.e. how could it be otherwise
than sa...
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WHY SHOULD NOT MY COUNTENANCE BE SAD, &C.— There is a piety due to
one's own country, which cannot be extinguished by the pleasure or
plenty of any other. It is no weakness to be deeply affected with...
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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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2:3 place (c-24) Lit. 'house.'...
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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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When Nehemiah heard the bad news from *Judah, he prayed. He asked God
to help him so that he could say the right thing to the king. 4 months
later he had his opportunity. He did not waste the 4 months...
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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 w...
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Nehemiah’s family was of Jerusalem. He does not as yet betray to the
king the deepest desire of his heart, but simply refers to the
desecration of his fathers’ sepulchres, an appeal which had great
fo...
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II.
(1-8) Nehemiah’s appeal to the king....
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וָ אֹמַ֣ר לַ † מֶּ֔לֶךְ הַ מֶּ֖לֶךְ...
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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 sug...
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_Live; an usual salutation, Daniel iii. 9., and v. 10. So \'c6lian
(var. i. 32.) says, "O king Artaxerxes, mayst thou reign for ever."
--- Father, ver. 5. He knew that the Persians shewed great regard...
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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 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
fir...
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_Let the king live for ever_ My sadness comes not from any
disaffection to the king, for whom my hearty prayers are that he may
live for ever, but from another cause. _Why should I not be sad, when
th...
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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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and said unto the king, Let the king live forever! the common formula
of address to the king. WHY SHOULD NOT MY COUNTENANCE BE SAD WHEN THE
CITY, THE PLACE OF MY FATHER'S SEPULCHERS, for Nehemiah seem...
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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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Nehemiah 2:3 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 king H4428 live H2421
(H8799) forever H5769 face H6440 sad...
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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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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 2:3 LET THE KING LIVE FOREVER! Nehemiah
first shows his loyalty and explains the reason for his grief, without
yet making his request. MY FATHERS’ GRAVES. He may think that t...
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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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1 Kings 1:31; 2 Chronicles 21:20; 2 Chronicles 28:27; 2 Chronicles
32:33;...
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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...
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Why should, &c. — All the grievances of the church, but especially
its desolations, ought to be matter of grief to all good people, to
all that have a concern for God's honour, and are of a public spi...