Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 1:11
A Persian king had numerous cup-bearers, each of whom probably discharged the office in his turn.
A Persian king had numerous cup-bearers, each of whom probably discharged the office in his turn.
Verse Nehemiah 1:11. _MERCY IN THE SIGHT OF THIS MAN._] Favour before the king, Ahasuerus. He seems then to have been giving him the cup. _FOR I WAS THE KING'S CUP-BEARER._] The king's _butler_, (th...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. HOW NEHEMIAH RETURNEDTO JERUSALEM AND THE BUILDING OF THE WALL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Nehemiah hears of the condition of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 1:1)_ 2. His great sorrow, and pray...
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...
PART III (Nehemiah 1:1 to Nehemiah 7:73_ a_). THE WORK OF NEHEMIAH. Nehemiah 1:1 a. Nehemiah, Hearing of the Evil Plight of his Brethren in Jerusalem, Prays for Divine Aid....
PROSPER THY SERVANT, THIS DAY, AND GRANT HIM MERCY IN THE SIGHT OF THIS MAN. This leads to the object of the prayer. He desired to obtain. great favor from an arbitrary and despotic king, no less than...
LORD*. Hebrew Adonai. See App-4. But it is one of the 134 alterations of the _Sopherim._ See App-34. DESIRE TO FEAR. delight in revering. MERCY. tender mercies....
Nehemiah's Prayer This prayer falls into five portions: (1) the opening address, Nehemiah 1:5; (2) the humble approach, Nehemiah 1:6 _a_; (3) the confession of sins, Nehemiah 1:6 _b_,...
The special Intercession (_a_) generally, that the prayer of Nehemiah and his countrymen might be heard, (_b_) particularly, that Nehemiah's application to the king might be successful. _O Lord_ The H...
_A REQUEST FOR MERCY -- NEHEMIAH 1:10-11:_ Nehemiah was the king's cupbearer. He prayed that he could find mercy from the king to journey to Jerusalem to help to rebuild and restore the wall. He also...
AND GRANT HIM MERCY—FOR I, &C.— Houbigant supposes, that Nehemiah repeated this prayer (which he had often before repeated) now again in silence, while he administered the cup to the king in his offic...
2. Nehemiah's Prayer TEXT, NEHEMIAH 1:5-11 a 5 And I said, I beseech Thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and loving-kindness of those who love Him and...
_O LORD, I BESEECH THEE, LET NOW THINE EAR BE ATTENTIVE TO THE PRAYER OF THY SERVANT, AND TO THE PRAYER OF THY SERVANTS, WHO DESIRE TO FEAR THY NAME: AND PROSPER, I PRAY THEE, THY SERVANT THIS DAY, AN...
ILL NEWS FROM JERUSALEM. NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER 1. The words] better, 'the history.' Some thirteen or fourteen years separate the visit of Nehemiah to Jerusalem, recorded in this book, from that of Ezra w...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH EXPLANATION There are many dates in this *introduction. These dates are the number...
We read about several of Nehemiah’s prayers in this book. Some of his prayers were very short. But this one helps us to understand what Nehemiah’s prayers were like. When Nehemiah started his prayer,...
(4-11) Nehemiah’s appeal to God. The prayer is a perfect example of the private and individual devotion with which the later Hebrew Scriptures abound. It begins with formal and appropriate invocation...
אָנָּ֣א אֲדֹנָ֗י תְּהִ֣י נָ֣א אָזְנְךָֽ ־קַ֠שֶּׁבֶת...
NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER Nehemiah 1:4 NEHEMIAH records the twofold effect of the melancholy news which his brother and the other travellers from Jerusalem brought him. Its first consequence was grief; its s...
A PATRIOT'S PRAYER Nehemiah 1:1 Though living in luxury, in the winter palace of the Persian kings, Nehemiah's heart was keenly sensitive to all that affected his people. But he turned from tears to...
This is the last Book of Old Testament history. An interval of about twelve years occurred between the reformation under Ezra and the coming of Nehemiah. The story is the continuation of the work comm...
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to (d) fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day,...
_Man; ( virum) the great king, (Haydock) Artaxerxes. (Calmet) --- Cup-bearer; Athersatha, 1 Esdras ii. 63., and 2 Esdras vii. 65._...
REFLECTIONS How truly lovely doth Nehemiah appear in the account here given of him. Not all the splendor of a court, nor the favor of a king, could make him forget the interests of his own country, or...
(5) В¶ And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: (6) Let thine ear now be attenti...
Recognizing the Need I. INTRODUCTION A. Nehemiah is a book about re-building that which is broken down! 1. It's about seeing a work that needs to be done and allowing the Holy Spirit the freedom to...
Through grace, faith had set up the altar, and the Gentiles had had nothing to do with it, except by voluntary service; but when the city is to be rebuilt, it is the governor appointed by the Gentiles...
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and...
_Who desire to fear thy name_ Who are not only called by thy name, but really have a reverence for it: who now worship thee, and thee only, according to thy will, and have an awful sense of all the di...
1 Nehemiah, vnderstanding by Hanani, the misery of Ierusalem, mourneth, fasteth and prayeth. 5 His prayer. 1 THE words of Nehemiah the sonne of Hachaliah. And it came to passe in the moneth Chisleu,...
Nehemiah's Grief over Jerusalem....
O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, Nehemiah alone, AND TO THE PRAYER OF THY SERVANTS, the believing Jews, WHO DESIRE TO FEAR THY NAME, for God's being...
MOVED BY THE REPORTED CONDITION OF JERUSALEM Though verse 1 makes it clear that this whole book records "the words of Nehemiah," it may be that Nehemiah spoke these words to another person, who wrote...
IN THE SIGHT OF THIS MAN, the king; who though a god by office, is but a man by nature, and therefore his heart is wholly at thy disposal. I WAS THE KING'S CUP-BEARER; whereby I had opportunity to spe...
Nehemiah 1:11 Lord H136 pray H577 ear H241 attentive H7183 prayer H8605 servant H5650 prayer H8605 servants H5650 des
AN APPEAL THAT GOD WILL HELP HIM AS HE TAKES THE DANGEROUS PATH OF APPROACHING THE KING ON THEIR BEHALF (NEHEMIAH 1:11 B). We do not know at what stage Nehemiah's concern for his people turned to a re...
NEHEMIAH'S CRY GOES UP TO GOD (NEHEMIAH 1:4). So Nehemiah now did what God's true people always do when they face adversity. He prayed to YHWH. The prayer is very much an individualistic one, although...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
CONTENTS: Nehemiah learns of distress in Jerusalem. His prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Hanani. CONCLUSION: The desolation and distresses of the church should deeply concern the Christian and mov...
Nehemiah 1:1. _The words of Nehemiah._ Poole, in his Synopsis of the Critics, having examined very accurately what antiquity has said concerning the author of this book, I cannot do better than transl...
_But if ye turn to Me, and keep My commandments._ THE SPIRITUAL FAVOURITE AT THE THRONE OF GRACE “If you turn unto Me, and keep My commandments.” There is no promise of mercy but to those that turn....
_And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept._ SAD TIDINGS AND FRUITFUL GRIEF I. The occasion of His grief. 1. Not personal loss. (1) Men grieve on account of personal...
_The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah._ THE ROYAL CUP-BEARER I. Let us notice the words alluded to by Nehemiah. They were as follows: “And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentiet...
NEHEMIAH 1:1 Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem to Rebuild Its Walls. This section recounts Nehemiah’s vision for and first efforts in rebuilding Jerusalem. He learns of Jerusalem’s decaying condition (Neh...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 1:11 FEAR YOUR NAME. On “fearing” God, see note on Prov. 1:7 and other verses mentioned there. God’s “name” here represents God’s character and all that he is. mercy in
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 1:1. THE WORDS] (Heb. Divray). See 1 Kings 11:41, where the same word is rendered “acts.” HACHALIAH] His ancestral home was Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:3). Hence he was probably...
PART I. INTRODUCTORY SECTION. Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 2:1. EXPOSITION CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH NEHEMIAH OBTAINED HIS COMMISSION TO
By Chuck Smith Let's turn to Nehemiah for our study this evening. Nehemiah introduces himself in the first verse of chapter 1 and the date of the writing of his prophecy, the twentieth year of Artaxer...
Ezra 1:1; Ezra 7:27; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 7:6; Genesis 32:11;...
NEHEMIAH'S PRAYER Nehemiah 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now entering a new series of three sermons concerning Nehemiah and the depleted city of Jerusalem which he loved. In this study we will consi...
To fear thy name — Those who truly desire to fear his name, shall be graciously accepted of God. This man — The king: who is but a man and therefore his heart is wholly at thy disposal. Favour with me...