TSK - NEHEMIAH 4
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1 While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the
work.
7 Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a
watch.
13 He arms the laborers;
19 and gives military precepts.
VERSE 1
- Sanballat.
* Ne 2:10,19 Ezr 4:1-5 Ac 5:17
- mocked.
* Ps 35:15,16; 44:13,14 Mt 27:29 Heb 11:36
VERSE 2
- the army.
* Ezr 4:9,10
- feeble.
* 1Sa 14:11,12; 17:43,44 Zec 12:8 1Co 1:27
- fortify themselves. Heb. leave to themselves. sacrifice.
* Ne 12:27,43
- revive.
* :10 Eze 37:3-13 Hab 3:2
VERSE 3
- Tobiah.
* Ne 2:10,19; 6:1 1Ki 20:10,18 2Ki 18:23
VERSE 4
- Hear.
* Ps 123:3,4
- despised. Heb. despite. turn.
* 1Sa 17:26 Ps 79:12 Pr 3:34 Ho 12:14
VERSE 5
- cover not.
* Ps 59:5-13; 69:27; 109:14 Jer 18:23 2Ti 4:14
- their sin.
* Ps 51:1,9 Isa 43:25; 44:22
- before the builders.
* Isa 36:11,12
VERSE 6
- and all the wall.
That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half
the intended height.
- for the people.
The original is very emphatic, {wyhee laiv lëâm läâsoth,} "for
the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in
it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.
- had a mind.
* Ne 6:15 1Ch 29:3,14,17,18 2Ch 29:36 Ps 110:3 2Co 8:16,17
* Php 2:13 Heb 13:21
VERSE 7
- Sanballat.
* :1; 2:10,19
- the Ammonites.
* Jud 10:7-18; 11:12-40 1Sa 11:2 2Sa 10:1-5 2Ki 24:2 2Ch 20:1
* Eze 25:3-7 Am 1:13
- Ashdodites.
* Ne 13:23,24 1Sa 5:1,2 2Ch 26:6-8 Jer 25:20 Am 1:8; 3:9 Zec 9:5,6
- heard.
* Ezr 4:4-16; 5:8
- were made up. Heb. ascended. then.
* Ge 3:15 Ac 4:17,18; 5:33 Re 12:12,13,17
VERSE 8
- all.
* Ps 2:1-3; 83:3-11 Isa 8:9,10 Ac 23:12,13
- hinder it. Heb. make an error to it.
* Jer 20:10
VERSE 9
- Nevertheless.
* :11 Ge 32:9-12,28 2Ki 19:14-19 Ps 50:15; 55:16-22 Lu 6:11,12
* Ac 4:24-30
- set a watch.
* Mt 26:41 Lu 21:36 1Pe 5:8
VERSE 10
- The strength.
* Nu 13:31; 32:9 Ps 11:1,2 Hag 1:2
- bearers.
* 2Ch 2:18 Eze 29:18
VERSE 11
- They shall not.
* Jud 20:29-48 2Sa 17:2 Ps 56:6 Isa 47:11 Ac 23:12,21 1Th 5:2
VERSE 12
- ten times.
* Ge 31:7,41 Nu 14:22 Job 19:3
- From all places, etc. or, That from all places ye must
return to us. ye shall return.
Houbigant, Michaelis, and Dathe contend, that instead of
{tashoovoo,} "ye shall return," we should read {chashevoo,}
"they designed."
VERSE 13
- Therefore.
* Ge 32:13-20 2Ch 32:2-8 Ps 112:5 Mt 10:16 1Co 14:20
- in the lower places. Heb. from the lower parts of the place,
etc. their swords.
* :17,18 So 3:7,8 Eph 6:11-20
VERSE 14
- Be ye not afraid.
* Nu 14:9 De 1:21,29,30; 20:3,4 Jos 1:9 2Ch 20:15-17; 32:7
* Ps 27:1; 46:11 Isa 41:10-14 Mt 10:28 Heb 13:6
- remember.
* Ps 20:7; 77:10-20; 143:5 Isa 51:12,13; 63:11-13
- great.
* Ne 1:5 De 10:17 Job 37:22 Ps 65:5; 66:3,5 Isa 64:1-3 Na 1:2-7
* Heb 12:20,21,28,29
- fight.
* 2Sa 10:12
VERSE 15
- God.
* 2Sa 15:31; 17:14 Job 5:12,13 Ps 33:10,11 Pr 21:30 Isa 8:10
* Isa 44:25 La 3:37,38 1Co 3:19,20
- every one.
* Mr 13:34 Ro 12:11 1Th 4:11
VERSE 16
- my servants.
* :23; 5:15,16 Ps 101:6
- and the other half.
This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present
day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men,
to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it.
- habergeons.
{Habergeon,} from the Teutonic {hals,} the neck, and {bergen,}
to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a
breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic {hautbergon} signifies
a coat of mail; the original {shiryon,} we have already seen,
denotes a corslet.
VERSE 17
- bare burdens.
* :10
- every one.
That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to
fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made
any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of
their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative,
implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.
- with one.
* Da 9:25 1Co 9:12; 16:9,13 2Co 6:7 Eph 6:11-20 Php 1:28 2Ti 2:3
* 2Ti 4:7
VERSE 18
- by his side. Heb. on his loins. he that sounded.
* Nu 10:9 2Ch 13:12-17
VERSE 19
- I said.
* :14; 5:7; 7:5
VERSE 20
- our God.
* Ex 14:14,25 De 1:30; 3:22; 20:4 Jos 23:10 Zec 14:3
VERSE 21
- So we.
* 1Co 15:10,58 Ga 6:9 Col 1:29
VERSE 22
- every one.
* Ne 11:1,2
VERSE 23
- So neither I.
* Ne 5:16; 7:2 Jud 9:48 1Co 15:10
- saving that, etc. or, every one went with his weapon for
water.
* Jud 5:11
The original of this obscure clause is {ish shilcho hammayim,}
which is rendered by Montanus, {vir missile suum aquas,} "a
man his dart to the waters," of which it is difficult to make
sense. It is wholly omitted by the LXX.; and one of De
Rossi's MSS. reads, {meshallachah âl hammayim,} "in order to
send them to the water."
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