Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 2:16
The rulers - The principal authorities of the city, in the absence of the special governor.
The rest that did the work - i. e. “the laboring class that (afterward) actually built the wall.”
The rulers - The principal authorities of the city, in the absence of the special governor.
The rest that did the work - i. e. “the laboring class that (afterward) actually built the wall.”
Verse 16. _THE RULERS KNEW NOT WHITHER I WENT_] He made no person privy to his design, that he might hide every thing as much as possible from their enemies till he had all things in readiness; lest t...
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...
RULERS. Hebrew. _seganim,_ used of the Babylonian magistrates or prefects; occurs only in Ezra and Nehemiah. DID. was doing. NOR. Note the Figure of speech _Paradiastole._ App-6. THE REST: i.e. of...
The Nation's Resolve 16. _the rulers_ R.V. marg. Or _deputies. -S'ganim_" is the title used in Ezra 9:2, and in this book (Nehemiah 4:8; Nehemiah 4:13;...
_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
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...
_AND THE RULERS KNEW NOT WHITHER I WENT, OR WHAT I DID; NEITHER HAD I AS YET TOLD IT TO THE JEWS, NOR TO THE PRIESTS, NOR TO THE NOBLES, NOR TO THE RULERS, NOR TO THE REST THAT DID THE WORK._ The rul...
2:16 rulers (d-3) rulers, (d-36) See Ezra 9:2 ....
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...
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...
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....
THE REST THAT DID THE WORK, that is, afterwards. The caution of this procedure is justified by subsequent events: the city teemed with elements of danger. The nobles and rulers were possessed of no su...
וְ הַ סְּגָנִ֗ים לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ אָ֣נָה הָלַ֔כְ
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...
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...
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...
_Magistrates. Septuagint, "guards." Seganim denotes various officers. (Calmet) --- Work, or to any workmen. (Haydock) --- None were now employed. (Tirinus)_...
(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...
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told [it] to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. Ver. 16...
_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...
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did, he kept this survey a strict secret; NEITHER HAD I AS YET TOLD IT TO THE JEWS, NOR TO THE PRIESTS, NOR TO THE NOBLES, NOR TO THE RULERS, NOR TO T...
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...
Or, _were to do_, or _should do_, i.e. whom he intended to employ in the work here following, of building the walls....
Nehemiah 2:16 officials H5461 know H3045 (H8804) gone H1980 (H8804) done H6213 (H8802) yet H3651 told...
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...
_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...
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...
Nehemiah 2:12...
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...
That did — Or, were to do, whom he intended to employ in it....