Nehemiah 2:9
governors <06346> [to the governors.]
king ... king <04428> [Now the.]
Nehemiah 2:4
seeking <01245> [For what.]
prayed <06419> [So I prayed.]
Nehemiah 2:14
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.
Nehemiah 5:4
taxes .... king <04060 04428> [the king's tribute.]
Nehemiah 11:23-24
royal <04428> [the king's.]
determined their activity <0548> [a certain portion. or, a sure ordinance.]
Meshezabel <04898> [Meshezabeel.]
Zerah <02226> [Zerah.]
[Zarah.]
[Zara. at the king's.]
Nehemiah 2:6
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.
Nehemiah 13:6
Jerusalem <03389> [But.]
Jerusalem <03389> [was.]
Nehemiah came to Jerusalem in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, and remained there till the thirty-second, being twelve years; then returned to Babylon; and probably, after about a year, got leave to revisit his brethren, and found matters as here stated.
thirty-second <08147> [the two.]
After ... time <03117 07093> [after certain days. Heb. at the end of days.]
requested <07592> [obtained I. or, I earnestly requested.]
Nehemiah 2:1-3
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.]
Nehemiah 3:25
<04428> [the king's.]
court <02691> [by the court.]
Pedaiah <06305> [Pedaiah.]
Parosh <06551> [Parosh.]
Nehemiah 2:5
inclined <02895> [If it please.]
servant <05650> [and if thy.]
Nehemiah 2:7-8
letters <0107> [let letters.]
travel <05674> [that they may.]
wall <02346> [the wall.]
temple .......... house <01004> [the house.]
king's ...................................... king <04428> [the king.]
Nehemiah 2:18-19
hand .......................... readied <03027> [the hand.]
<02388> [So they strengthened.]
Sanballat <05571> [Sanballat.]
Geshem <01654> [Geshem.]
[Gashmu. they.]
rebelling <04775> [will ye rebel.]
Nehemiah 3:15
Gate <08179> [the gate.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah.]
[Mizpeh.]
Siloam <07975> [Siloah.]
Siloah was situated under the eastern wall of Jerusalem, between that city and the brook Kedron, and is described by Chateaubriand as lying at the foot of Mount Zion. Dr. Richardson represents the pool of Siloam as occurring higher up the valley of Jehoshaphat, towards the north, than the well of Nehemiah, a little beyond the village of Siloa, and nearly opposite the tombs of Jehoshaphat and Zechariah.
[Shiloah.]
[Siloam. the stairs.]
Nehemiah 5:14
twentieth <06242> [from the twentieth.]
relatives <0251> [I and my.]
food <03899> [the bread.]
