Text -- Nehemiah 1:4 (NET)

1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Neh 1:4

¹ tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.