Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 2:19
Geshem the Arabian - The discovery that Sargon populated Samaria in part with an Arab colony explains why Arabs should have opposed the fortification of Jerusalem.
Geshem the Arabian - The discovery that Sargon populated Samaria in part with an Arab colony explains why Arabs should have opposed the fortification of Jerusalem.
Verse 19. _GESHEM THE ARABIAN_] Some chief of the Arabs contiguous to Samaria, who had joined with Sanballat and Tobiah to distress the Jews, and hinder their work. _WILL YE REBEL AGAINST THE KING?_]...
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...
GESNEM. Called Gashmu (Nehemiah 6:6), an Arab Sheik. Like the other two, an alien. In Psalms 83:6, all three nationalities associated as the enemies of Israel. ARABIAN. Descendants of Hagar. Hence Ha...
_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...
The Derision of the Enemy 19. _Sanballat … Tobiah_ See Nehemiah 2:10. _Geshem the Arabian_ A third prominent adversary of Nehemiah is here introduced. His name occurs again in Nehemiah 6:1-2. In Nehe...
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...
_BUT WHEN SANBALLAT THE HORONITE, AND TOBIAH THE SERVANT, THE AMMONITE, AND GESHEM THE ARABIAN, HEARD IT, THEY LAUGHED US TO SCORN, AND DESPISED US, AND SAID, WHAT IS THIS THING THAT YE DO? WILL YE RE...
2:19 Geshem (e-12) Gashmu. see ch. 6.6....
GESHEM] called 'Gashmu'.in Nehemiah 6:6 he was doubtless an Arab sheikh. WILL YE REBEL?] The same construction had been put upon the Jews' proceedings on a previous occasion: Ezra 4:13....
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...
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...
GESHEM THE ARABIAN. — This name completes the triumvirate of the leaders of the opposition to the mission of Nehemiah. They were not independent chieftains: Tobiah was Sanballat’s servant and counsell...
וַ יִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַ חֹרֹנִ֜י וְ טֹבִ
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...
ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem show that Nehemiah was awake to the dangers with which he was surrounded. The secrecy of...
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...
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and (h) Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? wil...
_Arabian governor. He afterwards accuses Nehemias, chap. vi. 6. (Calmet)_...
(19) But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will y...
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...
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard [it], they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What [is] this thing that ye do? will ye...
_When Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem_, &c. These three seem to have been chief men among the Samaritans, and perhaps were invested with some offices or authority by the king of Persia. _You have no por...
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...
NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah, the servant,, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian heard it, they laughed us to scorn and despised us, with bitter taunts and scoffing ridicule, AND SAID, W...
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...
19,20 The enmity of the serpent's seed against the cause of Christ is confined to no age or nation. The application to ourselves is plain. The church of God asks for our help. Is it not desolate, and...
GESHEM THE ARABIAN; either the king's lieutenant in Arabia, as Tobiah was among the Ammonites, and Sanballat among the Moabites; or rather, an Arabian by his birth. And it seems probable that both he,...
Nehemiah 2:19 Sanballat H5571 Horonite H2772 Tobiah H2900 Ammonite H5984 official H5650 Geshem H1654 Arab H6163 heard...
OPPOSITION FROM LOCAL LEADERS IN HIGH PLACES (NEHEMIAH 2:19). The news that they were to commence building inevitably leaked out, for there were many collaborationists in Jerusalem who had opted to co...
LAUGHED The obstacle of ridicule....
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 2:17 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....
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 2:19 Opponents claim that the people are REBELLING AGAINST THE KING. Artaxerxes had previously believed this extremely serious charge (Ezra 4:12,...
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...
Acts 24:5; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 4:16; Hebrews 11:36; Jeremiah 20:8;...
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...
Why is Nehemiah’s adversary named Geshem here and Gashmu in Nehemiah 6:6? (KJV) PROBLEM: As soon as Nehemiah set about to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, the surrounding enemy mounted an opposition. O...