Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Nehemiah 5:15
Forty shekels of silver - A daily sum from the entire province. For such a table as that kept by Nehemiah Nehemiah 5:18, this would be a very moderate payment.
Forty shekels of silver - A daily sum from the entire province. For such a table as that kept by Nehemiah Nehemiah 5:18, this would be a very moderate payment.
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The complaint of oppression (Nehemiah 5:1)_ 2. Nehemiah's rebuke and demands (Nehemiah 5:6) 3. Nehemiah's generosity (Nehemiah 5:14)...
NEHEMIAH ENUMERATES THE OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF HIS BENEFICENT RULE. The main points here are that Nehemiah and his subordinate officials had not taken advantage of their undoubted right of exacting p...
See Nehemiah 5:14 for. longer note that applies to this verse. BESIDE. Heb, _'ahar_. after: i.e. after the rate of, as in Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 18:12. Rendered "beside" only here, out of several hun...
_the former governors that_had been _before me_ R.V. THE FORMER GOVERNORS THAT WERE BEFORE ME. The governors or Pekhahs here referred to by Nehemiah are those of Jerusalem and the neighbouring distric...
DISCOURSE: 441 THE FEAR OF GOD A PRINCIPLE OF ACTION Nehemiah 5:15. _So did not I, because of the fear of God_. IT is obvious that there are in the world a people whose conduct differs widely from th...
AND HAD TAKEN OF THEM BREAD AND WINE, &C.— _And had taken from each of them, for bread and wine, forty shekels of silver._ Houbigant. It is evident, from the great and daily expences of Nehemiah menti...
3. Nehemiah vindicates his own conduct. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 5:14-19 14 Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second...
_BUT THE FORMER GOVERNORS THAT HAD BEEN BEFORE ME WERE CHARGEABLE UNTO THE PEOPLE, AND HAD TAKEN OF THEM BREAD AND WINE, BESIDE FORTY SHEKELS OF SILVER; YEA, EVEN THEIR SERVANTS BARE RULE OVER THE PEO...
NEHEMIAH'S MEASURES IN ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY 1. The people] i.e. the commons (as contrasted with the nobles and rulers, Nehemiah 5:7). These had neglected their own interests to labour gratuitously...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 5 V1 At this time, some men and their wives became angry. They complained about some other *Jews. V2 Th...
Here we find out more about Nehemiah. He was a good leader and a good model to the people in different ways. Nehemiah became the ruler, so he was an important man. But he still had a humble attitude....
(14-19) Nehemiah’s vindication of his own conduct....
BESIDES FORTY SHEKELS OF SILVER. — Either _in bread and wine over forty shekels,_ or, _received in bread and wine, and beyond that, forty shekels._ The latter, on the whole, is to be preferred; it wou...
וְ הַ פַּחֹות֩ הָ רִאשֹׁנִ֨ים אֲשֶׁר ־לְ
USURY Nehemiah 5:1 WE open the fifth chapter of Nehemiah with a shock of pain. The previous chapter described a scene of patriotic devotion in which nearly all the people were united for the prosecut...
SECURING JUSTICE FOR THE POOR Nehemiah 5:1 The prospects of the poor people among the returned exiles were deplorable. There had been deficient rains and poor harvests, Haggai 1:6. They had mortgaged...
A new difficulty now presented itself. This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury from their poorer brethren to such an extent as to oppress and impoverish them....
(14) В¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve year...
_VETO POWER_ ‘So did not I, because of the fear of God.’ Nehemiah 5:15 I. A NEW DIFFICULTY NOW PRESENTED ITSELF.—This time it arose among the people themselves. The rich among them exacted usury fr...
Liberty or Bondage? I. INTRODUCTION A. Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 1. 1 Corinthia...
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 the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the pe...
_The former governors_ Not Ezra, who was no governor, nor Zerubbabel, but others between him and Nehemiah, whom he forbears to name; _were chargeable unto the people_ How chargeable they had been, and...
1 The Iewes complaine of their debt, morgage, and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the vsurers, and causeth them to make a couenant of restitution. 14 Hee forbeareth his owne allowance, and keepeth hosp...
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, they accepted the salary allowed them by the Persian king, AND HAD TAKEN OF THEM BREAD AND WINE BESIDE FORTY SHEKELS O...
Nehemiah's Fine Example...
THE GREED OF RULERS REBUKED (vv. 1-13) At a time when many were laboring unselfishly for the Lord, it is distressing to hear that others, and in fact those who were nobles and rulers, were guilty of...
14-19 Those who truly fear God, will not dare to do any thing cruel or unjust. Let all who are in public places remember that they are so placed to do good, not to enrich themselves. Nehemiah mention...
THE FORMER GOVERNORS; not Ezra, who was no governor, but only a priest sent to teach them, and to rectify church abuses; nor Zerubbabel; but others between him and Nehemiah, whom he forbears to name,...
Nehemiah 5:15 former H7223 governors H6346 before H6440 burdens H3513 (H8689) people H5971 took H3947 (H8799) brea
NEHEMIAH CONTINUED ON AS GOVERNOR IN THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HE HAD EXHORTED ON THE WEALTHY, REFUSING TO ALLOW HIS POSITION TO BE A CHARGE ON THE PEOPLE (NEHEMIAH 5:14). It is probable that having fulfil...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Nehemiah 5:15 I. First let me put the main principle that lies here in these words: nothing will go right unless you dare to be singular. "So did not I." The chief field for the exercise of this resol...
CONTENTS: Opposition by greed and heartlessness. Nehemiah's example of unselfishness. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing exposes Christianity more to the reproaches of its enemies than t...
Nehemiah 5:3. _Because of the dearth,_ specially inflicted by reason of the people's wickedness, after their return from Babylon. See more on Haggai 1:9. Nehemiah 5:5. We bring into bondage our sons a...
_But so did not I, because of the fear of God._ A MOTTO FOR A MANLY LIFE I. The self-regulative power of a manly motive. “The fear of God”; “the love of Christ”; “religious principle”; “conscience”;...
NEHEMIAH 5:1 Nehemiah Deals with Injustices in the Community; Nehemiah’s Personal Contribution to the Project. Nehemiah takes measures to end the exploitation of the weak in the community by its power...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 5:15 FORMER GOVERNORS. Nehemiah’s predecessors had used the people to enrich themselves and their SERVANTS....
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 5:1. AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN] _i. e._ the richer portion (Nehemiah 5:7). NEHEMIAH 5:2. THERE WERE THAT SAID] Keil divides into three classes. (_a_) The workers, who had no...
EXPOSITION GENERAL ACCOUNT OF NEHEMIAH'S GOVERNMENT (Nehemiah 5:14). Having given this account of the internal difficulties which threatened to put a stop to the building of the wall before it was wel...
Now in chapter 5, further problems arose, and this time from within. If Satan can't defeat you from his forces from without, then he seeks to wreck you from the forces within. Many times the greatest...
1 Samuel 2:15; 1 Samuel 8:15; 2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Corinthians 12:13;...
The former — Not Ezra, who was no governor, nor Zerubbabel, but others between him and Nehemiah, whom he forbears to name. Beside, &c. — Which they required of the people every day to defray their oth...