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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?_]...
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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....
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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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_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...
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2:19 Geshem (e-12) Gashmu. see ch. 6.6....
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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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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....
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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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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...
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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...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַ חֹרֹנִ֜י
וְ טֹבִ
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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...
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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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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...
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_Arabian governor. He afterwards accuses Nehemias, chap. vi. 6.
(Calmet)_...
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(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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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...
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LAUGHED
The obstacle of ridicule....
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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 2:17 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....
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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,...
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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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Acts 24:5; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 4:16; Hebrews 11:36; Jeremiah 20:8;...
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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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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...