Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Nehemiah 4:12
From all places. — The neighbouring Jews in their terror said by repeated messages “from all places ‘Ye shall return to us,’ “: that is, for our protection.
From all places. — The neighbouring Jews in their terror said by repeated messages “from all places ‘Ye shall return to us,’ “: that is, for our protection.
Verse Nehemiah 4:12. _FROM ALL PLACES WHENCE YE SHALL RETURN UNTO US_] This verse is extremely difficult. Our translators have supplied the words, _they will be upon you_, which have nothing correspo...
TEN TIMES - i. e. repeatedly. FROM ALL PLACES ... - Better as in the margin. The Jews who dwelt on the Samaritan border, came to Jerusalem and tried to withdraw their contingents of workmen from the...
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...
BY. close to. TEN TIMES. Compare Genesis 31:7. THEY WILL BE UPON YOU. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). Render: "From all quarters to which ye will turn [they will be] upon us"....
The translation of the last clause of this verse presents a great difficulty, and leaves us doubtful with what intention the Jews here spoken of addressed their countrymen. The verse stands in very l...
THEY SAID UNTO US TEN TIMES, &C.— _They told us frequently from all places that which they designed against us._ Houbigant....
2. The Jews faced the menace of an attack. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 4:7-14 7 Now it came about when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerus...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN THE JEWS WHICH DWELT BY THEM CAME, THEY SAID UNTO US TEN TIMES, FROM ALL PLACES WHENCE YE SHALL RETURN UNTO US THEY WILL BE UPON YOU._ When the Jews which dwelt by the...
4:12 returned (m-27) Heb. 'ye return.'...
FROM ALL PLACES, etc.] perhaps, 'from all places, Ye must return to us,' this being an appeal from the Jews of the neighbouring towns to their fellow-citizens who had gone to work at Jerusalem, summon...
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 *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...
Now some of the *Jews were feeling tired. The work was hard and their enemies were all round them. These problems upset them. So they began to complain. The enemies of the *Jews still tried to stop t...
_[Nehemiah 4:6]_ וַֽ יְהִי֙ כַּ אֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֣אוּ...
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...
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us (f) ten times, (g) From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you]. (f) That is, often. (g)...
Ten times, frequently. (Menochius) --- Places, among the Cuthites. --- Whence they. Protestants, "ye return unto us, they will be upon you. " Hebrew, the second person is put for the third, which occu...
(9) Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (10) And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much...
Fighting and Building I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Nehemiah, we saw that no spiritual re-building can be done effectively without first removing the rubbish. 1. Sin makes a lousy fo...
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...
And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us [they will be upon you]. Ver. 12. _And it came to pass, t...
_And the Jews which dwelt by them_ Who were neighbours to that people; or dwelt _among them_, as the words may be rendered, whereby they became acquainted with their counsels. _They said unto us ten t...
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...
And it came to pass that, when the Jews which dwelt by them came, from the towns near the enemy, THEY SAID UNTO US TEN TIMES, very frequently, FROM ALL PLACES WHENCE YE SHALL RETURN UNTO US THEY WILL...
Nehemiah's Precautions...
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,...
FROM ALL PLACES WHENCE YE SHALL RETURN UNTO US: Or, that from all places ye must return to us...
7-15 The hindering good work is what bad men aim at, and promise themselves success in; but good work is God's work, and it shall prosper. God has many ways of bringing to light, and so of bringing t...
WHICH DWELT BY THEM, or, _among them_; whereby they came to the knowledge of their counsels. TEN TIMES, i.e. very often. A certain number for an uncertain. THEY WILL BE UPON YOU, i.e. they will invade...
Nehemiah 4:12 Jews H3064 dwelt H3427 (H8802) near H681 came H935 (H8804) told H559 (H8799) ten...
THREE ATTITUDES WHICH NEHEMIAH HAD TO CONTEND WITH (NEHEMIAH 4:10). Nehemiah's firm response is now set against the background of three attitudes which were in danger of halting the work. The first wa...
SANBALLAT AND HIS ALLIES DETERMINE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE BUILDERS OF THE WALLS WITH THE AIM OF PREVENTING THEIR COMPLETION ONLY TO BE THWARTED BY NEHEMIAH'S PRECAUTIONS (NEHEMIAH 4:7). Their derision h...
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...
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, and Tobtah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls. .. conspired all of them together._ FOES OF THE FAITH It is well...
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....
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 4:12 Friends and families of people who have come from the villages to work on the walls try to persuade them to come home because of the danger. ⇐...
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
EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH 4:7 IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN SANBALLAT, AND TOBIAH, at Samaria, AND THE ARABIANS, AND THE AMMONITES, AND THE ASHDODITES, in their respective residences, HEARD THAT THE WALLS OF...
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...
Genesis 31:41; Genesis 31:7; Job 19:3; Numbers 14:22...
By them — Or, among them: whereby they came to the knowledge of their counsels. Tho' these had not zeal enough to help in the work, yet they had some concern for their brethren. Ten tribes — Very ofte...