Nehemiah 2:1-2

2:1

Nisan <05212> [Nisan.]

twentieth <06242> [the twentieth.]

took <05375> [I took up.]

2:2

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.