Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Nehemiah 4:1-23
The Machinations of the Enemies of the Jews
1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival (Nehemiah 2:10) was increased by the work accomplished by the latter.
The Machinations of the Enemies of the Jews
1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival (Nehemiah 2:10) was increased by the work accomplished by the latter.
CHAPTER IV _Sanballat and Tobiah mock the Jews, and endeavour to prevent_ _the completing of the wall_, 1-3. _Nehemiah prays against them, and the people complete one half of_ _the wall_, 4-6. Th...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The indignation and sneers of the enemies (Nehemiah 4:1)_ 2. Nehemiah's ejaculatory prayer (Nehemiah 4:4) 3. Conspiracy, and more prayer (Nehemiah 4:7) 4. Nehemiah's precautions and...
SAMARITAN ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE THE BUILDING OF THE WALLS. In Nehemiah 4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the efforts mad...
BUT. And. SANBALLATIN See note on Nehemiah 2:10. BUILDED. were building. WROTH. The third form of opposition. See note on Nehemiah 2:10....
Nehemiah 4:1-23. The Opposition to the Work. (_a_) 1 6. The ridicule of the Samaritans. (_b_) 7 23. The menaces of the foe, and the precautions taken by Nehemiah 1. The IVth Chapter in ordinary editi...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT D. The enemies try ridicule and rumor to block construction. 1. Their enemies try to block them with ridicule. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:1-6 1. Now it came about that when S...
_BUT IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN SANBALLAT HEARD THAT WE BUILDED THE WALL, HE WAS WROTH, AND TOOK GREAT INDIGNATION, AND MOCKED THE JEWS._ When Sanballat heard ... he was wroth. The Samaritan faction...
Sanballat and Tobiah were enemies of the *Jews. They did not want the *Jews to build the walls of Jerusalem again. They probably knew that Jerusalem would become an important city for trade again. So...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 4 V1 Sanballat heard that we were building the wall again. So he became very angry. He laughed at the...
MOCKED THE JEWS. — The mockery comes afterwards. Here, as often in Nehemiah, a general statement is made which is afterwards expanded....
_[Nehemiah 3:33]_ וַ יְהִ֞י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁמַ֣ע...
Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusale
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...
As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt. However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and li...
CONTENTS In this chapter me have an account of the opposition the builders of the wall met with from the common enemy. While they mock, Nehemiah takes refuge in prayer, and setteth a watch to prevent...
(1) В¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. (2) And he spake before his brethren and the army of Sama...
Overcoming the Opposition St. Teresa of Avila (d. A.D. 1582), founder of the Carmelites, was noted for an ironic sense of humor and a deft way of turning a phrase. One day, Teresa was about to go on...
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 it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. Ver. 1. _But it came to pass_] The devil and his imps have ever...
_And mocked the Jews_ Pretending contempt in his words, when he had grief, anger, and vexation in his heart. _And he spake before his brethren_ Before Tobiah, Geshem, and others, whom Nehemiah calls h...
1 While the enemies scoffe, Nehemiah prayeth and continueth the worke. 7 Vnderstanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, hee setteth a watch. 13 Hee armeth the labourers, 19 and giueth military p...
THE PLANS OF THE ADVERSARIES...
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, the Samaritan leader, heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, being filled with jealous rage, AND MOCKED THE JEWS, not darin...
DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION (vv. 1-23) The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness of mockery,...
1-6 Many a good work has been looked upon with contempt by proud and haughty scorners. Those who disagree in almost every thing, will unite in persecution. Nehemiah did not answer these fools accordi...
NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 4 The enemies scoff, and are angry, NEHEMIAH 4:1. Nehemiah prayeth against them and continueth the work, NEHEMIAH 4:4. Understanding the wrath and design of their enemies, he setteth...
Nehemiah 4:1 Sanballat H5571 heard H8085 (H8804) rebuilding H1129 (H8802) wall H2346 furious H2734 (H8799) very...
CONTINUAL OPPOSITION TO THE BUILDING OF THE WALL AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO IT (NEHEMIAH 4:1 TO NEHEMIAH 6:14). Meanwhile the work did not go on unopposed. Powerful men were involved in seeking to ensure...
SANBALLAT AROUSES THE NEIGHBOURS OF THE JEWS TO RIDICULE THEIR ATTEMPTS TO REBUILD THE WALLS, BUT WITHOUT EFFECT (NEHEMIAH 4:1). We note here the deepening of the already revealed opposition to the J...
CONTENTS: Opposition by ridicule, anger and discouragement. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah. CONCLUSION: God's people are often a despised people, loaded with contempt, but the reproach...
Nehemiah 4:2. _He spake before his brethren;_ that is, before Tobias, &c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had convened for counsel against the Jews. Nehemiah 4:5. _Let not thei...
_But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth._ SANBALLAT: A STUDY IN PARTY SPIRIT You must clearly understand, to begin with, that Samaria was already, even...
NEHEMIAH 4:1 Opposition Intensifies, but the People Continue Watchfully. While the building continues, Sanballat and his allies resort to direct action in order to stop it, but their plot is foiled....
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap. Nehemiah 3:1 NEHEMIAH 4:1. SANBALLAT] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10. That
EXPOSTION OPEN OPPOSITION OFFERED TO THE WORK BY SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH, AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY NEHEMIAH TO MEET IT ...
Now it came to pass, when [this antagonist] Sanballat [and Tobiah] learned that they had started building the wall, they were very angry, and they began to mock the Jews (Nehemiah 4:1). And they gath...
Acts 5:17; Ezra 4:1; Hebrews 11:36; Matthew 27:29; Nehemiah 2:10;...