Numbers 13:30
Numbers 13:1
Numbers 22:19
Numbers 28:20
Numbers 29:2-3
Numbers 29:2
Numbers 31:20-21
garment <0899> [raiment.]
made ........... made <03627> [that is made. Heb. instrument, or, vessel.]
Ezra 6:14-15
elders <07868> [And the elders.]
prophesying <05017> [through.]
brought ... to completion by <03635 04481> [finished it.]
by ............ command <04481 02942> [according.]
command .......... command <02941 02942> [commandment. Chal. decree. Cyrus.]
Artaxerxes <0783> [Artaxerxes.]
This was Artaxerxes, the third son and successor of Xerxes, surnamed [Makrocheir,] or Longimanus, or in Persian, {Ardsheer deeraz dest,} "Ardsheer the long-handed;" so called, according to the Greeks, from the extra-ordinary length of his hands, but according to the Easterners, from the extent of his dominions. He ascended the Persian throne, A.M. 3540, B.C. 464, and reigned forty-one years. He is said to have been the most handsome person of his age, and to have been a prince of a very mild and generous disposition.
Adar <0144> [A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. Adar.]
Nehemiah 2:12--3:16
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.
officials .................................... officials <05461> [the rulers.]
see <07200> [Ye see.]
<03212> [come.]
reproach <02781> [a reproach.]
hand .......................... readied <03027> [the hand.]
<02388> [So they strengthened.]
Sanballat <05571> [Sanballat.]
Geshem <01654> [Geshem.]
[Gashmu. they.]
rebelling <04775> [will ye rebel.]
God <0430> [The God.]
just <02506> [ye have no.]
ancient <02146> [memorial.]
When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David's words, Ps 51:18, he did not sit still and say, "Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do;" but set himself to do what he could towards it; and here we find that the people were of one heart with Nehemiah. Our prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, or else we mock God. Nearly four months had passed, namely, from Chisleu to Nisan (November to March), before Nehemiah made his application to the king for leave to go to Jerusalem; either because the winter was not a proper time for such a journey, and he would not make a motion till he could pursue it, or because it was so long before his month of waiting upon the king came, and there was no coming into his presence until called for, Es 4:11. We are not thus limited to certain moments in our addresses to the King of kings, but have liberty of access to him at all times; to the throne of grace we never come unseasonably.
Eliashib <0475> [Eliashib.]
Sheep Gate <06629 08179> [the sheep gate.]
This gate is supposed to have immediately communicated with the temple, and to have been called the sheep gate, because the sheep intended for sacrifice passed through it. But, after all which learned men have written on this subject, which is but of little interest, we scarcely know any thing about these gates: what they were, why called by these names, or in what part of the wall they were situated, beyond what may be learned from the parallel passages.
dedicated .... erected ......... Tower ....... Tower <06942 05975 04026> [sanctified it.]
Tower ....... Tower <04026> [the tower.]
adjacent .......... adjacent <03027> [next unto him. Heb. at his hand. the men.]
Zaccur <02139> [Zaccur.]
Fish Gate <08179 01709> [the fish gate.]
beams <07136> [the beams.]
doors <01817> [the doors.]
Meremoth <04822> [Meremoth.]
Uriah <0223> [Urijah.]
[Uriah. Meshullam.]
Tekoa <08621> [the Tekoites.]
town leaders <0117> [their nobles.]
assist <0935 06677> [put not.]
Gibeonite <01393> [the Gibeonite.]
Mizpah <04709> [Mizpah.]
jurisdiction <03678> [the throne.]
That is, probably, the palace of the Persian governor, west of the Euphrates; the term throne being used to signify any royal abode: for Sir J. Chardin, describing a splendid tent erected by the king of Persia, says "that there was an inscription wrought upon the cornice of the anti-chamber, which gave it the appellation of the throne of the second Solomon." Sitting upon a throne has, however, sometimes been granted to governors.
goldsmiths <06884> [the goldsmiths.]
perfumers <07546> [of the apothecaries.]
plastered <05800> [fortified. or, left. the broad wall.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
house <01004> [even.]
Hattush <02407> [Hattush.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Pahath-Moab <06355> [Pahath-moab.]
another section <04060 08145> [other piece. Heb. second measure. the tower.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
daughters <01323> [he and his daughters.]
Valley Gate .............................. Gate <01516 08179> [the valley gate.]
Zanoah <02182> [Zanoah.]
There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of Judah: see the parallel passages.
Dung Gate <08179 0830> [the dung gate.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
Beth Hakkerem <01021> [Beth-haccerem.]
Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain, between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer. ch. 6. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
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.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
Beth Zur <01049> [Beth-zur.]
tombs <06913> [the sepulchres.]
artificial pool <01295> [the pool.]
House <01004> [the house.]
Nehemiah 4:2
<02428> [the army.]
feeble <0537> [feeble.]
left ....... offer sacrifice <05800 02076> [fortify themselves. Heb. leave to themselves. sacrifice.]
life <02421> [revive.]
Nehemiah 4:6
wall ..... wall <02346> [and all the wall.]
That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.
people <05971> [for the people.]
The original is very emphatic, {wyhee laiv l‰ƒm l„ƒsoth,} "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.
<03820> [had a mind.]
Nehemiah 4:9-13
prayed <06419> [Nevertheless.]
stationed ... guard <04929 05975> [set a watch.]
strength <03581> [The strength.]
laborers <05449> [bearers.]
aware <03045> [They shall not.]
repeatedly <06471 06235> [ten times.]
schemes <04725> [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."
So ... stationed ............... stationed <05975> [Therefore.]
lower places <04725 08482> [in the lower places. Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc. their swords.]
Nehemiah 4:17-23
carrying loads <05447 05375> [bare burdens.]
one ........ other <0259> [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.
one ........ other <0259> [with one.]
sides <04975> [by his side. Heb. on his loins. he that sounded.]
God <0430> [our God.]
<06213> [So we.]
man <0376> [every one.]
relatives <0251> [So neither I.]
Each <0376> [saving that, etc. or, every one went with his weapon for water.]
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 Æ’l hammayim,} "in order to send them to the water."
Nehemiah 13:8-31
<03415> [it grieved.]
threw <07993> [I cast.]
purified <02891> [they cleansed.]
grain offerings <04521> [the portions.]
fields <07704> [to his field.]
[contend.]
temple <01004> [Why is the house.]
positions <05977> [place. Heb. standing.]
brought <0935> [brought.]
storerooms <0214> [treasuries. or, storehouses.]
gave instructions <0686> [I made.]
Shelemiah <08018> [Shelemiah.]
Pedaiah <06305> [Pedaiah.]
assistant <03027> [next to them. Heb. at their hand. Zaccur.]
Mattaniah <04983> [Mattaniah.]
regarded <02803> [counted.]
distribution <02505> [their office. Heb. it was upon them. to distribute.]
remember ....... God .................. God <02142 0430> [Remember me.]
wipe out <04229> [wipe not.]
If thou wert strict to mark what is done amiss, even my good deeds must be wiped out: but, Lord, remember me in thy mercy, and let my upright conduct be acceptable to Thee! By some, Nehemiah has been thought to deal too much with God on the principle of merit. That he wished God to remember him for good is sufficiently evident, and who does not wish the same? But that he expected heaven for his good deeds does not appear; for it is perfectly clear that he expected nothing from God but through the greatness of his mercy.
kindness ..... done <02617 06213> [good deeds. Heb. kindnesses. house.]
services <04929> [offices. or, observations.]
treading winepresses <01869 01660> [treading wine.]
loads <04853> [burdens.]
warned <05749> [I testified.]
Tyre <06876> [men of Tyre.]
So ... registered <07378> [I contended.]
ancestors acted <06213 01> [Did not your.]
causing ..... bring ............... causing <0935 03254> [ye bring more.]
evening shadows began to fall <06751> [began to be.]
ordered ......... directed <0559> [I commanded.]
warned <05749> [I testified.]
by ... wall <02346 05048> [about the wall. Heb. before the wall. I will lay.]
<0559> [I commanded.]
purify <02891> [cleanse.]
holy <06942> [sanctify.]
remember <02142> [Remember.]
pity ........ great <02347 07230> [spare me.]
great <07230> [greatness. or, multitude.]
Ammon <03427> [married. Heb. made to dwell with them.]
Ashdod <0796> [Ashdod.]
Ammon <05984> [Ammon.]
spoke .................. unable ... speak <01696 05234> [could not speak. Heb. they discerned not to speak. each people. Heb. people and people.]
So ..... complaint <07378> [I contended.]
curse <07043> [cursed. or, reviled.]
struck <05221> [smote.]
pulled <04803> [plucked.]
swear <07650> [made them.]
you will <05414> [Ye shall not.]
Solomon <08010> [Did not Solomon.]
many <07227> [yet among.]
loved <0157> [who was beloved.]
hear <08085> [Shall we then.]
unfaithful <04603> [to transgress.]
sons .... son <01121> [And one.]
Josephus relates, that this young man was named Manasseh; and that at his request, Sanballat and the Samaritans built their temple upon mount Gerizim, in opposition to that at Jerusalem, at which he officiated, in some measure, according to the Mosaic ritual.
Joiada <03111> [Joiada.]
Eliashib <0475> [Eliashib.]
son-in-law <02860> [son in law.]
Sanballat <05571> [Sanballat.]
banished ... from <01272> [I chased.]
remember <02142> [Remember.]
defiled <01352> [because they have defiled. Heb. for the defilings of.]
covenant <01285> [the covenant.]
purified <02891> [cleansed.]
assigned <05975> [appointed.]
wood <06086> [the wood.]
remember <02142> [Remember.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. Of Nehemiah, the author and principal actor in the events recorded in this book, the Jews speak as one of the greatest men of their nation. His concern for his country entitles him to the character of the first patriot that ever lived. Descended, according to some, of the family of Aaron, or according to others, of the tribe of Judah and allied to the royal family of David, in the course of Divine Providence, he was a captive in Babylon: but there his excellences were so apparent, that he was chosen by the Persian king to fill an office the most respectable and the most confidential in the whole court. Here he lived in ease and affluence: he lacked no good thing; and here he might have continued to live, in the same affluence, and in the same confidence; but he could enjoy neither, so long as he knew his people distressed, the sepulchres of his fathers trodden under foot, the altars of his God overturned, and his worship either totally neglected or corrupted. He sought the peace of Jerusalem; prayed for it; and was willing to sacrifice wealth, ease, safety, and even life itself, if he might be the instrument of restoring the desolations of Israel. And God, who saw the desire of his heart, and knew the excellences with which he had endowed him, granted his request, and gave him the high honour of restoring the desolated city of his ancestors, and the pure worship of their God. The opposition of Sanballat and the Samaritans, and the firmness and zeal with which he repelled their insults and ineffectual efforts cannot be read without the liveliest emotions; and will afford to the latest times, a noble and animating example of distinguished patriotism, united with the sincerest devotion to the interests of religion. The virtue and piety of this great and good man, appear with equal lustre in the numerous and important reformations he effected. He relieved the people from their hardships and oppressions, by abolishing the harsh and usurious practices of the nobles and rulers; gave up his own revenue, as governor of the province, for the benefit of the people; and, as a further means of conciliating their affections, exhibited an example of the most princely hospitality. As the best security for good morals, and the better observance of the laws of God, he re-established the offices of public worship, and prevented the profanation of the sabbath, which had arrived at a shameful excess; he furnished the returned captives with authentic registers, and enabled them, in the best manner possible, after so long and calamitous an interval, to trace the genealogies, and claim the inheritance of their respective families; and further, he accomplished the separation of the Jewish people from the mixed multitude, with which they had been incorporated, and annulled the numerous marriages which they had made with heathens and idolaters of every description. For disinterestedness, philanthropy, patriotism, prudence, courage, zeal, humanity, and every virtue that constitutes a great mind, and proves a soul in deep communion with God, Nehemiah will ever stand conspicuous among the greatest men of the Jewish nation; and an exemplar worthy of being copied by the first patriots in every nation under heaven.
Psalms 71:15-18
proclaim <06310> [My mouth.]
day <03117> [all the day.]
fathom <03045> [I know.]
come <0935> [I will go.]
proclaim <02142> [I will make.]
justice <06666> [thy righteousness.]
taught <03925> [thou hast.]
<05046> [hitherto.]
when ............. until <05704> [Now.]
when .... old .......... until <02209 05704> [when I am old and grey-headed. Heb. until old age and grey hairs. until I.]
strength <02220> [strength. Heb. arm.]
Jeremiah 29:13
seek ................ seek <01245 01875> [ye shall.]
heart <03824> [with.]
Matthew 6:33
pursue <2212> [seek.]
kingdom <932> [the kingdom.]
<846> [his.]
and ... and all <2532 3956> [and all.]
John 4:34
My food <1699 1033> [My meat.]
and <2532> [and.]
Romans 12:11
zeal <3636> [slothful.]
be enthusiastic <2204> [fervent.]
serve <1398> [serving.]
Romans 15:18-20
I will ... dare <5111> [I will.]
<3739> [which.]
<1519> [to make.]
by word <3056> [by word.]
power ........ power <1411> [mighty.]
in ... power ...... in ... power <1722 1411> [by the.]
Illyricum <2437> [Illyricum.]
Illyricum, or Illyria, was a country of Europe, lying N. and N. W. of Macedonia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic gulf, opposite Italy. It was distinguished into two parts; Liburnia north, now Croatia; and Dalmatia south, still retaining the same name. The account of Paul's second visit to the peninsula of Greece, Ac 20:1, 2, says Dr. Paley, leads us to suppose that, in going over Macedonia, he had passed so far to the west, as to come into those parts of the country which were contiguous to Illyricum, if he did not enter Illyricum itself. The history and the Epistle therefore so far agree; and the agreement is much strengthened by a coincidence of time; for much before the time when this epistle was written, he could not have said so, as his route, in his former journey, confined him to the eastern side of the peninsula, a considerable distance from Illyricum.
I have fully preached <4137> [fully.]
in this way <3779> [so.]
to build <3618> [build.]
Romans 15:1
strong <1415> [strong.]
ought <3784> [ought.]
please <700> [please.]
Colossians 1:24
I rejoice <5463> [rejoice.]
I fill up <466> [fill.]
for ............. sake <5228> [for.]
Colossians 1:26
mystery <3466> [the mystery.]
<3570> [now.]
Colossians 1:1
an apostle <652> [an.]
Timothy <5095> [Timotheus.]
Colossians 1:10
<5209> [ye.]
all ...... every <3956> [all.]
bearing fruit <2592> [fruitful.]
growing <837> [increasing.]
Colossians 1:10
<5209> [ye.]
all ...... every <3956> [all.]
bearing fruit <2592> [fruitful.]
growing <837> [increasing.]
Ephesians 5:16
taking advantage <1805> [Redeeming.]
days <2250> [the days.]
Colossians 3:23
<3956> [whatsoever.]
as <5613> [as.]
Colossians 3:2
Keep thinking <5426> [Set.]
Keep thinking <5426> [affection. or, mind. not.]
Colossians 1:12-15
giving thanks <2168> [Giving.]
Father <3962> [the Father.]
has qualified <2427> [made.]
share <3310> [partakers.]
inheritance <2819> [inheritance.]
in <1722> [in.]
He delivered <4506> [delivered.]
power <1849> [the power.]
and <2532> [and.]
kingdom <932> [the kingdom.]
Son he loves <26 5207 846> [his dear Son. Gr. the Son of his love.]
whom <3739> [whom.]
forgiveness <859> [the.]
image <1504> [the image.]
invisible <517> [the invisible.]
firstborn <4416> [the firstborn.]
all <3956> [of every.]
