And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. CELA S'EST PRODUIT AU COURS DU MOIS DE NISAN. C'était près de quatre mois après qu... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, LE ROI M'A DIT: POURQUOI TON VISAGE EST-IL TRISTE? Il a été jugé très inconvenant d'apparaître en présence royale avec des mauvaises herbes... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND SAID UNTO THE KING, LET THE KING LIVE FOR EVER: WHY SHOULD NOT MY COUNTENANCE BE SAD, WHEN THE CITY, THE PLACE OF MY FATHERS' SEPULCHRES, LIETH WASTE, AND THE GATES THEREOF ARE CONSUMED WITH FIRE?_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. LA REINE ÉGALEMENT ASSISE À CÔTÉ DE LUI. Puisque les monarques persans n'acceptaient pas que leurs épouses soient pré... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; QUE DES LETTRES ME SOIENT DONNÉES AUX GOUVERNEURS AU-DELÀ DU FLEUVE. L'empire perse à cette époque était d'une vaste étendue, alla... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon m... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN I CAME TO THE GOVERNORS BEYOND THE RIVER, AND GAVE THEM THE KING'S LETTERS. NOW THE KING HAD SENT CAPTAINS OF THE ARMY AND HORSEMEN WITH ME._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. SANBALLAT LE HORONITE. Horonaim étant une ville de Moab, cette personne, il est probable, était un Moabite. TOBIA... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. JE SUIS DONC VENU À JÉRUSALEM, ET J'Y SUIS RESTÉ TROIS JOURS. Profondément affecté par les désolations de Jérusalem et incertain de la marche à suivre, il est resté trois jours avant d'informer to... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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 THERE ANY BEAST WITH ME, SAVE THE BEAST THAT I RODE UPON._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 with fire. JE SUIS SORTI DE NUIT PAR LA PORTE DE LA VALLÉE - i: e., la porte de Jaffa, près de la t... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. PUIS - i: e., après avoir franchi la porte des Esséniens. JE ME SUIS DIRIGÉ VERS LA PORTE DE LA FONTAINE - i: e., Siloah, d'où tournait la fontaine d'Ophel. À L... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. PUIS JE SUIS MONTÉ ... PRÈS DU RUISSEAU - i: e., Kidron. ET EST ENTRÉ PAR LA PORTE DE LA VALLÉE, ET AINSI EST REVENU. La porte menant à la vallée de Josaphat,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. LES DIRIGEANTS NE SAVAIENT PAS. Le lendemain, après avoir rassemblé les anciens, Néhémie a produit sa comm... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. CONSTRUISONS LE MUR DE JÉRUSALEM , [ chowmat (H2346)] - les murs d'un ville (Néhémie 2:... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN I TOLD THEM OF THE HAND OF MY GOD WHICH WAS GOOD UPON ME; AS ALSO THE KING'S WORDS THAT HE HAD SPOKEN UNTO ME. AND THEY SAID, LET US RISE UP AND BUILD. SO THEY STRENGTHENED THEIR HANDS FOR THIS GOOD WORK._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 rebel against the king? VOULEZ-VOUS VOUS REBELLER CONTRE LE ROI? - i: e., le roi de Babylone, le mo... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. LE DIEU DU CIEL - (voir la note à Esdras 1:2.)... [ Continuer la lecture ]