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Verse 18. _THEN I TOLD THEM_] He opened to them his design and his
commission....
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THE KING’S WORDS - These have not been given; but the royal
permission to restore the walls is implied in Nehemiah 2:5....
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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 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...
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GOOD WORK. This work was "good" because it was "prepared" by God. See
Ephesians 2:10....
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2. On his arrival, he secretly inspects the city's walls.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 2:11-20
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So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
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And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did no...
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_THEN I TOLD THEM OF THE HAND OF MY GOD WHICH WAS GOOD UPON ME; AS
ALSO THE KING'S WORDS THAT HE HAD SPOKEN UNTO ME. AND THEY SAID, LET
US RISE UP AND BUILD. SO THEY STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS FOR THIS...
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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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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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Then Nehemiah told the people in the city about his plan. First, he
reminded them of the sad truth. Their city was a *ruin. And they could
not be a strong nation while Jerusalem was in such a bad stat...
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(12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries....
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THEN I TOLD THEM. — Nehemiah relates his providential call, with the
king’s commission, and the people were thoroughly enlisted in the
good cause....
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וָ אַגִּ֨יד לָהֶ֜ם אֶת ־יַ֣ד אֱלֹהַ֗י
אֲשֶׁר
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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...
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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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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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Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also
the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us
rise up and build. So they (g) strengthened their hands for [t...
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_Hand. God had manifested his goodness and power, at the court of
Persia. (Worthington)_...
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(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...
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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...
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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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Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also
the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us
rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for [this]...
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_That we be no more a reproach_ Exposed to the scorn and insults of
the people around about. _I told them of the hand of my God,_ &c. That
is, he informed them how favourable God had made the king to...
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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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Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, how the
Lord had so obviously prospered him in his undertaking up to this
time, AS ALSO THE KING'S WORDS THAT HE HAD SPOKEN UNTO ME. AND...
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NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...
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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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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 2:18 told H5046 (H8686) hand H3027 God H430 good H2896 kings
H4428 words H1697 spoken H559 ...
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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...
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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 I arose in the night._
NEHEMIAH, THE MODEL WORKER
I. He works thoughtfully. Before he commences this tremendous task he
spends some time in deliberation. Who can tell the thoughts of
Nehemiah as...
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_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...
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NEHEMIAH 2:17 First Signs of Opposition. Nehemiah now exhorts his
countrymen. They are willing to work, but opposition quickly emerges,
as vv. Nehemiah 2:9 have already hinted....
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 2:18 THE HAND OF MY GOD. Compare Nehemiah
1:10; Nehemiah 2:8
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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'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...
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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 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 19:13; 2 Chronicles 32:5; 2 Samuel
2:7;...
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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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Rise up — Let us do it with vigour, and diligence, and resolution,
as those that are determined to go through with it. Their hands —
Their own and one anothers....