Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Nehemiah 6:17-19
(17) Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. (18) For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. (19) Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. That the nobles of Judah should have been in this base conduct... read more
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Nehemiah 6:1-19
The Work Finished Nehemiah 6:0 WE read that Sanballat and Tobiah, and the rest of the enemies of the Jews, invited Nehemiah to a conference in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. "And I [Nehemiah] sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?" ( Neh 6:3 ). Do we know what work is? Really very few people have an adequate conception of work. The difficulty which we feel in going... read more