느헤미야 6:1-14 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:9

For they all made us afraid ,.... Or you all, as Aben Ezra interprets it; or all the Heathen nations, as Jarchi; this was the design of all those scandalous reports, to intimidate them, and with this they pleased themselves, as follows: their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done ; this they hoped would be the effect of those reports sent to them: now, therefore, O God, strengthen my hands ; and let them not have what they will, and hope for; according to Aben... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:10

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up ,.... Either in his own house, or in a chamber in the temple, as if he had given himself up to meditation, fasting, and prayer; or, as he might suggest to Nehemiah, for his safety, and so designed it as an example to him; this man might be a priest of the course of Delaiah, 1 Chronicles 24:18 or however he was a person Nehemiah had a good opinion of, and came to him on the letters sent to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:11

And I said, should such a man as I flee ?.... The king's commissioner, who had the conducting and management of the whole affair of building the wall of Jerusalem, on whom it wholly depended; for, should he absent himself, the people would depart and leave their work, and the city and wall be left defenceless, which was what was hoped for from this scheme; and who had expressed such confidence in God, and had had such success: and who is there, that, being as I am ; in such a post, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:12

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him ,.... Because he advised to that which was against the cause of God and true religion: but that he pronounced the prophecy against me ; for by fleeing, as he advised, it would seem that he was guilty of the crimes of rebellion and treason he was charged with; and leaving the people, as they would in course break up, he himself could not be long in safety, no, not in the temple: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him ; this he found out... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:13

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so , and sin ,.... By distrusting the power and providence of God to protect him, and by going into such a part of the temple, which he, being no priest, had no right to go into: and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me ; as a rebel and traitor against the king, which had been reported of him, and which would be strengthened by such a step. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:14

My God, think thou on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works ,.... Their wicked counsels and schemes, and not only confound and disappoint them, but reward them as they deserve: and on the prophetess Noadiah : whom Aben Ezra takes to be the same with Shemaiah, because he said, נועד , "let us meet", &c.; Nehemiah 6:10 , but no doubt it is the name of a woman, a false prophetess, and was hired, and in the same scheme with Shemaiah: and the rest of the prophets that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:2

Come , let us meet together in - the plain of Ono - They wished to get him out of Jerusalem from among his friends, that they might either carry him off, or murder him. Ono is supposed to have been in the tribe of Benjamin, near Jordan. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:3

I am doing a great work - Though he knew their design, he does not think it prudent to mention it. Had he done so, they would probably have gone to extremities, finding that they were discovered; and perhaps in a formidable body attacked Jerusalem, when ill provided to sustain such a shock. They wished to effect their purpose rather by treachery than by open violence. I know not any language which a man who is employed on important labors can use more suitably, as an answer to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 in costly silken bags, and these carefully sealed. The circumstance is thus marked to show the contempt he (Sanballat) had for him. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:6

And Gashmu saith it - You are accused of crimes against the state, and Geshem, the Arabian, is your accuser. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:6

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