Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 2:15
The brook - The Kidron watercourse, which skirted the city on the east.
Turned back - i. e. he turned westward, and having made the circuit of the city, re-entered by the valley-gate.
The brook - The Kidron watercourse, which skirted the city on the east.
Turned back - i. e. he turned westward, and having made the circuit of the city, re-entered by the valley-gate.
Verse 15. _BY THE BROOK_] _Kidron_. _BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY_] The valley through which the brook Kidron flowed. It was by this gate he went out; so he went all round the city, and entered by the s...
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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THE BROOK. Hebrew. _nahal,_. torrent, mostly fed by rains. Not _nahar,_. constant river....
_Then went I up_ The tense in the original denotes the gradual progress. _by the brook_ i.e. the -nakhal" or -brook" (χείμαρρος) of Kedron. Leaving the ruined line of wall, he goes down to the hollow...
_b_ 73 _a_. The Register of those who returned with Zerubbabel = Ezra 2:1-70 _a register of the genealogy_ R.V. THE BOOK. _of them which came up at the first_ The only natural explanation of these wo...
Nehemiah 2:11 to Nehemiah 7:5. The Commission performed Nehemiah 2:11-20. The Work undertaken The incidents of this passage may be grouped as follows: (_a_) 11. Nehemiah's arrival: (_b_) 12
Nehemiah's tour of inspection [1] [1] The Topography of the Walls of Jerusalem, in pre-Maccabean times, remains in great obscurity. The places mentioned in Nehemiah 2:13-15; Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 12...
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...
_THEN WENT I UP IN THE NIGHT BY THE BROOK, AND VIEWED THE WALL, AND TURNED BACK, AND ENTERED BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, AND SO RETURNED._ Then went I up ... by the brook - i:e., Kidron. AND ENTERED...
2:15 valley, (c-10) Or 'torrent.' see Deuteronomy 2:13 ....
TURNED BACK] presumably along the N. wall, so as to make the circuit of the city....
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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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...
(12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries....
BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, AND SO RETURNED. — The itineration seems to have completed the circuit of the walls....
וָ אֱהִ֨י עֹלֶ֤ה בַ † נַּ֨חַל֙ לַ֔יְלָה...
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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...
_Torrent of Cedron, having gone round the city. (Calmet)_...
(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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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...
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and [so] returned. Ver. 15. _Then went I up in the night_] _sc._ By moonlight; f...
_I went on to the gate of the fountain_ That is, which led to the fountain, to wit, of Siloah or Gihon. _And to the king's pool_ That which King Hezekiah had made, of which see 2 Chronicles 32:3. _But...
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...
Then went I up in the night by the brook, he was obliged to go down along the Kidron, AND VIEWED THE WALL, that on the eastern side, AND TURNED BACK, AND ENTERED BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, where he ha...
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...
BY THE BROOK of Kidron; of which SEE POOLE ON "2 SAMUEL 15:23". And so returned; having gone round about the city....
Nehemiah 2:15 up H5927 (H8802) night H3915 valley H5158 viewed H7663 (H8802) (H8675) H7665 ...
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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...
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...
_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...
_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 2:13 Nehemiah surveys the WALLS mainly on the southern and eastern sides—the city of David and the Kidron Valley. The VALLEY GATE was probably on the southwestern side of the...
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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"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...
2 Samuel 15:23; Jeremiah 31:38; John 18:1; Nehemiah 2:13...
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