Nehemiah 6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:8

There are no such things done - You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore, trouble myself about a false charge. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:10

Who was shut up - Lived in a sequestered, solitary state; pretending to sanctity, and to close intercourse with God. Let us meet together in the house of God - The meaning is, "Shut yourself up in the temple; appear to have taken sanctuary there, for in it alone can you find safety." This he said to discourage and disgrace him, and to ruin the people; for, had Nehemiah taken his advice, the people would have been without a leader, their enemies would have come upon... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:11

Should such a man as I flee ? - Shall I, who am governor of the people, appointed both by God and the king, shall I betray my trust, and leave the flock without a shepherd? Shall I be a traitor, and abandon the office to which I am appointed? - No! Who, in my situation, with such responsibility, and such prospects, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not: I will stand at my post, and be ready to receive my enemies whensoever they come; so let Sanballat, Tobiah, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:14

And on the prophetess Noadiah - Whether this was a prophet or prophetess, we cannot tell; the Hebrew text only makes her a prophetess; all the versions have Noadiah the prophet, except the Arabic which has Younadaa the prophet. I think the ה he at the end of נביאה nebiah is a mistake, and that we should read Noadiah the prophet. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:15

The twenty and fifth - of - Elul - This Jewish month answers to a part of our August and September. Fifty and two days - I see no difficulty in supposing that several thousand workmen, each of whom was working as for God, should be able to complete this wall in fifty-two days. There is little doubt that several parts of the old wall were entire; in many places the foundations still remained; there were all the materials of the old wall still at hand; and though they had... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:16

This work was wrought of our God - This is an additional reason why we should not wonder at the shortness of the time in which so great a work was done, for God helped them by an especial providence; and this was so very observable, that their carnal enemies could discover it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:17

The nobles of Judah sent many letters - The circumstances marked in this and the following verses show still more clearly the difficulties which Nehemiah had to encounter; he had enemies without and false friends within. A treacherous correspondence was carried on between the nobles of Judah and the Ammonites; and had almost any other man been at the head of the Jewish affairs, Jerusalem had never been re-established. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:18

He was the son-in-law of Shechaniah - Previously to the coming of Nehemiah, the Jews seemed to be fast intermixing with the heathen, by intermarriages with Ashdodites, Ammonites, and Moabites; see Nehemiah 13:23 . Ezra had many evils of this kind to redress, ( Ezra 9:3 , etc.), chiefly among the common people, though there were both chiefs and priests in that trespass. But here we find the heathen and Jewish nobles interlinked; and the latter were so far imbued with the spirit... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 6:1

When Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian heard. Literally, "When it was heard by Sanballat and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian." The preposition ל is repeated with Geshem, but not with Tobiah, probably because Tobiah was Sanballat's subordinate, but Geshem an independent chief. Hence, too, it was not proposed that Tobiah should be at the conference. At that time I had not set up the doors . This may appear to contradict Nehemiah 3:1 , Nehemiah 3:3 , Nehemiah 3:6 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 6:1-9

Craft detected and baffled. The enemies without make cunning proposals in vain. I. THE OCCASION OF THEIR INTERFERENCE . They heard that the wall was completed, though the gates were not yet set up; and, thinking that further open opposition would be useless, adopted craft. II. THE MANNER OF THEIR INTERFERENCE . 1. They repeatedly proposed a conference. Pretending probably that they wished to come to a good understanding with Nehemiah, but really intending to... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 6:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 6:1-9

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