After his arrival at Jerusalem, Nehemiah waited three days before taking any steps. Ezra had done the same (Ezra 8:32). It was necessary to rest after the journey, and to interchange the formalities of Eastern courtesy with the principal people of the city.
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 ...
NEHEMIAH ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM AND SURVEYS THE WALLS. Nehemiah 2:9. The account of the journey is omitted, interest being centred upon what Nehemiah was going to do in Jerusalem. THE GOVERNORS BEYOND T...
2. On his arrival, he secretly inspects the city's walls. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:11-20 11 So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did no...
_SO I CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND WAS THERE THREE DAYS._ _ SO I CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND WAS THERE THREE DAYS._ So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. Deeply affected with the desolations of Jeru...
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...
Nehemiah wanted to build the city walls as quickly as possible. But there was much to do. He would have to work hard. So he rested for three days after his long journey. God had given him the desire t...
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...
(9-11) His journey to Jerusalem, occupying some three months, and safe under good escort, is passed over in the narrative, as Ezra’s had been. It is mentioned, however, that Sanballat, one of the _“_g...
THREE DAYS. — For rest and devotion, after the example of Ezra....
וָ אָבֹ֖וא אֶל ־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וָ אֱהִי ־שָׁ֖ם
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE Nehemiah 2:9 NEHEMIAH'S journey up to Jerusalem differed in many respects from Ezra's great expedition, with a host of emigrants, rich stores, and all the accompaniments of a large...
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...
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...
CHAPTER II....
(11) So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (12) And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was...
Facing the Challenge I. INTRODUCTION A. As we have said before, when faced with building or re-building the spiritual walls in our life, our home or our neighborhood, we have 2 choices: 1. We can i...
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 I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. Ver. 11. _So I came to Jerusalem_] Thither God brought him, as on eagles' wings, maugre the malice of his enemies. The Jews had great reason to rejoi...
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...
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days, resting and casting up in his mind just bow he might undertake the work of reconstruction, for there was need of it everywhere....
NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...
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...
9-18 When Nehemiah had considered the matter, he told the Jews that God had put it into his heart to build the wall of Jerusalem. He does not undertake to do it without them. By stirring up ourselves...
Resting myself after my long journey, and inquiring into the state of the city....
Nehemiah 2:11 came H935 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 three H7969 days H3117 Ezra 8:32...
NEHEMIAH SECRETLY INSPECTS THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM AND THE DECISION IS MADE TO REBUILD THEM (NEHEMIAH 2:11). Having arrived safely in Jerusalem Nehemiah rested, prior to a secret surveillance of the co...
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...
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...
_So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days._ DAYS OF QUIET Some workers of the present day would have sent round the bellman and summoned the leading inhabitants to a preliminary convention wi...
_Then I came to the governors beyond the river._ THE INITIAL STAGES OF A GREAT REFORMATION Great reformations often have an insignificant commencement and are slow in developing their true proportio...
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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 2:11 THREE DAYS. Compare Ezra 8:32. IN THE NIGHT. Nehemiah aims to keep his mission secret from potential en
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....
EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (Nehemiah 3:9). On his way to Jerusalem, Nehemiah would pass through the provinces of various Persian satraps and governors. To those beyond the Euphrates he...
"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...
Ezra 8:32...
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...