Nehemiah 6:5
What meaning of the nehemiah 6:5 in the Bible?
What does Nehemiah 6:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;"
What does Nehemiah 6:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;"
Verse Nehemiah 6:5. _WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND_] This was an insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality: as letters sent to chiefs and governors in the East are always carefully folded up, and put...
The letter was “open,” in order that the contents might be generally known, and that the Jews, alarmed at the threats contained in it, might refuse to continue the work....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The attempt to entice Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:1)_ 2. The attempt to intimidate him (Nehemiah 6:5) 3. The attempt through a false prophet (Nehemiah 6:10) 4. The wall finished (Nehemiah...
NEHEMIAH'S ENEMIES MAKE A FURTHER ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE HIS WORK. The narrative about the rebuilding of the walls, which was broken by ch. 5, is here taken up again. Sanballat and his confederates seek...
SERVANT. young man. OPEN LETTER. That _others_ might read it....
_his servant_ Cf. Nehemiah 4:22. _an open letter in his hand_ -Open," not sealed. The object of this is obvious. It was intended that the contents of the letter should become public property. The serv...
WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND— Norden tells us, that when he and his company were at Essuaen, an express arrived there, dispatched by an Arab prince, who brought a letter directed to the reys, or ma...
2. They try again by spreading rumors of rebellion. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 6:5-9 5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand. 6 In it was writt...
_THEN SENT SANBALLAT HIS SERVANT UNTO ME IN LIKE MANNER THE FIFTH TIME WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND;_ Then sent Sanballat his servant ... the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, х_ 'IGERET...
6:5 servant (a-5) Heb. 'young man.'...
ATTEMPTS OF SANBALLAT TO HINDER THE COMPLETION OF THE WALLS 2. Ono] near Lod (Ezra 2:33), now Kefr Ana, some 25 m. from Jerusalem....
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the *Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had finished the wall...
THE FIFTH TIME WITH AN OPEN LETTER IN HIS HAND. — Four times they strive to induce Nehemiah to meet them, under various pretexts, with the intention of doing him personal harm. Each time his reply was...
וַ יִּשְׁלַח֩ אֵלַ֨י סַנְבַלַּ֜ט כַּ † דָּבָ֥ר הַ זֶּ֛ה פַּ֥עַם חֲמִישִׁ֖ית אֶֽת ־נַעֲרֹ֑ו וְ...
WISE AS SERPENTS Nehemiah 6:1 OPEN opposition had totally failed. The watchful garrison had not once permitted a surprise. In spite of the persistent malignity of his enemies, Nehemiah had raised the...
A GREAT TASK-A SAFEGUARD FROM DANGER Nehemiah 6:1 How often Satan tries to call us off from our work for God! He cannot endure to see us engaged so eagerly on our Master's business and therefore rais...
In this chapter we have the account of the continuity of opposition to the work of Nehemiah. It moved, however, on to a new plane. Having begun in contempt, and proceeded through conspiracy, it now at...
_Letter. Hebrew, Septuagint, and Arabic add, "open:" but this word is not in Syriac. The letter might be an order to appear, or might be left open to signify that the bearer was a man of confidence, f...
(5) Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; (6) Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and...
Open Warfare I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Nehemiah we talked about the tremendous freedom we have in Christ! 1. In fact, the title was "Liberty or Bondage?" 2. Paul tells us in 1 C...
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...
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; Ver. 5. Then sent Sanballat … the fifth time] So restless are wicked persons; their souls are vi...
_With an open letter in his hand_ Before, the message was delivered by word of mouth, but now by letter; yet _open_, as speaking of a thing commonly known, or in order that every one might see of what...
1 Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by hired prophecies, to terrifie Nehemiah. 15 The worke is finished to the terrour of the enemies. 17 Secret intelligence passeth betweene the enemies, a...
THE ENMITY OF SANBALLAT...
FURTHER SUBTLE OPPOSITION (vv. 1-14) Chapter 5 has been practically a parenthesis in this book, for Nehemiah had to delay the building of the wall in order to deal with serious problems inside. How...
1-9 Let those who are tempted to idle merry meetings by vain companions, thus answer the temptation, We have work to do, and must not neglect it. We must never suffer ourselves to be overcome, by rep...
Thereby bidding open defiance to him, as before he had used secret practices; and intimating that he would do that by manifest force, which he had intended to do by sudden surprise....
Nehemiah 6:5 Sanballat H5571 sent H7971 (H8799) servant H5288 before H1697 fifth H2549 time H6471 open H6605 (H8803) letter H107 hand H3027 with an open letter - 2 Kings 18:26-28; 2 Corinthians 2:11,...
JUDAH'S ADVERSARIES LEARN THAT THE WALL IS COMPLETED APART FROM THE GATEWAYS (NEHEMIAH 6:1). Nehemiah 6:1 ‘Now it came about, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian,...
CONTENTS: Opposition by craft. Nehemiah's manly firmness. The wall done. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, Gashum, Shemaiah. CONCLUSION: Christian fortitude will always be sharpe...
Nehemiah 6:6. _Thou mayest be king._ Sanballat accused this very old man of a crime that was in his own heart, had he but seen an opening, for he kept a standing army in Samaria. Nehemiah 6:7. _There...
_Now it came to pass, when Sanballat._ THE WITNESS TO THE TRUTH I. His trial, from the stratagems of enemies. The circumstances of his trial were peculiar. Faith and prayer and pains had now achieved...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 6:5 Sanballat’s FIFTH attempt to defeat Nehemiah was an OPEN LETTER (v. Nehemiah 6:5). Its public nature was intended to exert extra pressure on Nehemiah. Sanballat once agai...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “When Sanballat and the enemies associated with him were unable to obstruct the building of the wall of Jerusalem by open violence, they endeavoured to ruin Nehemiah by secret snar...
EXPOSITION SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF SANBALLAT AND HIS FRIENDS TO HINDER THE BUILDING OF THE WALL, AND THEIR FAILURE. THE WALL COMPLETED (Nehemiah 6:1.). When the open opposition failed, when it was found...
Now his enemies weren't yet through; they still continued to seek to hinder the work and discourage him. And so when Sanballat and Tobiah saw that the work was going on and the walls were getting up t...
2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Kings 18:26; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Ephesians 6:11...
Open letter — As speaking of a thing commonly known....