Nehemiah 2:1-15
Nisan <05212> [Nisan.]
twentieth <06242> [the twentieth.]
took <05375> [I took up.]
appear <06440> [Why is thy.]
sadness <07455> [sorrow.]
very <03966> [Then I.]
Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face indicated some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed, the words rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered evil, and wickedness of heart.
king ... king <04428> [Let the king.]
Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.
city <05892> [the city.]
O .......... dejected <01004> [the place.]
seeking <01245> [For what.]
prayed <06419> [So I prayed.]
inclined <02895> [If it please.]
servant <05650> [and if thy.]
consort <07694> [the queen. Heb. the wife.]
It was probably Esther who was present at this time, and who seconded Nehemiah's request.
<03190> [So it pleased.]
gave .... time <02165 05414> [I set him a time.]
It is probable that this time was no more than six months, or a year; after which he either returned, or had his leave of absence lengthened, as we find he was twelve years governor of the Jews.
letters <0107> [let letters.]
travel <05674> [that they may.]
wall <02346> [the wall.]
temple .......... house <01004> [the house.]
king's ...................................... king <04428> [the king.]
governors <06346> [to the governors.]
king ... king <04428> [Now the.]
Sanballat <05571> [Sanballat.]
Horonite <02772> [Horonite.]
official <05650> [the servant.]
Ammonite <05984> [the Ammonite.]
<03415> [it grieved.]
come <0935> [there was come.]
got <06965> [I arose.]
tell .................. animals <05046 0929> [neither.]
God <0430> [my God.]
This pious and noble-minded man attributes every thing to God. If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his heart; if he did or received any good, it was because the good hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good.
Gate ................ Gate ............. gates <08179> [the gate.]
Gate ............... Dung Gate ............. gates <08179 0830> [the dung port.]
This was the gate on the eastern side of the city, through which the filth was carried to the brook Kidron and valley of Hinnom.
walls <02346> [the walls.]
Gate <05869 08179> [the gate of the fountain.]
The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west.
King's Pool <01295 04428> [the king's pool.]
Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David.
valley <05158> [the brook. The brook Kidron.]
Gate <08179> [the gate.]
The gate leading to the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of the city, through which the brook Kidron flows. It was by this gate he went out; so that he went round the whole of the city, and entered by the same gate.
