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Verse Nehemiah 2:13. _THE DRAGON WELL_] Perhaps so called because of
the representation of a dragon, out of whose mouth the stream issued
that proceeded from the well.
_DUNG PORT_] This was the gate...
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THE GATE OF THE VALLEY - A gate opening on the valley of Hinnom, which
skirted Jerusalem to the west and south. The exact position is
uncertain; as is also that of “the dragon well.”
THE DUNG PORT -...
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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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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...
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BY NIGHT. Could Nehemiah have gone thus secretly if Ezra had 42,360
Jews there? And what need for it? Nehemiah had only. few men, and was
in the midst of enemies.
THE GATE. Note the twelve gates (cor...
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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
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_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...
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_by the gate of the valley_ R.V. BY THE VALLEY GATE. The R.V.
rendering is preferable, showing that Nehemiah is not merely defining
the position of the gate but is referring to it by its recognised
na...
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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...
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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...
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_AND I WENT OUT BY NIGHT BY THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, EVEN BEFORE THE
DRAGON WELL, AND TO THE DUNG PORT, AND VIEWED THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM,
WHICH WERE BROKEN DOWN, AND THE GATES THEREOF WERE CONSUMED WI...
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2:13 valley-gate, (b-9) Gate of the valley or ravine [of Hinnom]....
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VIEWED THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM] The topography of ancient Jerusalem is
too obscure to admit of the various parts of its walls being
identified with certainty, but 'the valley gate' from which Nehemiah...
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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...
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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...
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THE GATE OF THE VALLEY, opening on Hinnom, to the south of the city.
Nehemiah passed by “the dragon well,” nowhere else mentioned, and
not now to be traced, and surveyed the ruins from the “dung port,...
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(12-18) Nehemiah’s cautious preliminaries....
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וָ אֵצְאָ֨ה בְ שַֽׁעַר ־הַ גַּ֜יא
לַ֗יְלָה
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Valley of Cedron, on the east, (Calmet) or west, near Calvary.
(Menochius) (Tirinus) --- Dragon. Hebrew Tannin, or "great fish,"
which might be kept there, unless the fountain was famous for the
appea...
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(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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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...
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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...
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_And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem,
which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed wi...
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_I went out by night_ The footmen who accompanied him directing and
leading him in the way. His design was to go around the city, to
observe the compass and condition of the walls and gates, that he
m...
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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...
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And I went out by night by the Gate of the Valley, most likely that of
Hinnom toward the southeast, EVEN BEFORE THE DRAGON WELL, a fountain
or pool on the opposite side of the valley, AND TO THE DUNG...
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NEHEMIAH ARRIVES AT JERUSALEM...
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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...
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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...
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I WENT OUT BY NIGHT; the footmen which accompanied him directing and
leading him in the way. his design was to go round about the city, to
observe the compass and condition of the walls and gates, tha...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 26:9; Jeremiah 5:10; Nehemiah 12:31; Nehemiah 3:13;...
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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...
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I went — The footmen who accompanied him directing and leading him
in the way. His design was to go round the city, to observe the
compass and condition of the walls and gates, that he might make
suff...