TSK - NEHEMIAH 4

  1  While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the
    work.
 7  Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a
    watch.
13  He arms the laborers;
19  and gives military precepts.


VERSE 1
- Sanballat.
   * Ne 2:10,19 Ezr 4:1-5 Ac 5:17
- mocked.
   * Ps 35:15,16; 44:13,14 Mt 27:29 Heb 11:36


VERSE 2 
 - the army.
   * Ezr 4:9,10
- feeble.
   * 1Sa 14:11,12; 17:43,44 Zec 12:8 1Co 1:27
- fortify themselves.  Heb. leave to themselves.  sacrifice.
   * Ne 12:27,43
- revive.
   * :10 Eze 37:3-13 Hab 3:2


VERSE 3 
 - Tobiah.
   * Ne 2:10,19; 6:1 1Ki 20:10,18 2Ki 18:23


VERSE 4 
 - Hear.
   * Ps 123:3,4
- despised.  Heb. despite.  turn.
   * 1Sa 17:26 Ps 79:12 Pr 3:34 Ho 12:14


VERSE 5 
 - cover not.
   * Ps 59:5-13; 69:27; 109:14 Jer 18:23 2Ti 4:14
- their sin.
   * Ps 51:1,9 Isa 43:25; 44:22
- before the builders.
   * Isa 36:11,12


VERSE 6 
 - and all the wall.
  That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half
  the intended height.

- 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.

- had a mind.
   * Ne 6:15 1Ch 29:3,14,17,18 2Ch 29:36 Ps 110:3 2Co 8:16,17
   * Php 2:13 Heb 13:21


VERSE 7 
 - Sanballat.
   * :1; 2:10,19
- the Ammonites.
   * Jud 10:7-18; 11:12-40 1Sa 11:2 2Sa 10:1-5 2Ki 24:2 2Ch 20:1
   * Eze 25:3-7 Am 1:13
- Ashdodites.
   * Ne 13:23,24 1Sa 5:1,2 2Ch 26:6-8 Jer 25:20 Am 1:8; 3:9 Zec 9:5,6
- heard.
   * Ezr 4:4-16; 5:8
- were made up.  Heb. ascended.  then.
   * Ge 3:15 Ac 4:17,18; 5:33 Re 12:12,13,17


VERSE 8 
 - all.
   * Ps 2:1-3; 83:3-11 Isa 8:9,10 Ac 23:12,13
- hinder it.  Heb. make an error to it.
   * Jer 20:10


VERSE 9 
 - Nevertheless.
   * :11 Ge 32:9-12,28 2Ki 19:14-19 Ps 50:15; 55:16-22 Lu 6:11,12
   * Ac 4:24-30
- set a watch.
   * Mt 26:41 Lu 21:36 1Pe 5:8


VERSE 10 
 - The strength.
   * Nu 13:31; 32:9 Ps 11:1,2 Hag 1:2
- bearers.
   * 2Ch 2:18 Eze 29:18


VERSE 11 
 - They shall not.
   * Jud 20:29-48 2Sa 17:2 Ps 56:6 Isa 47:11 Ac 23:12,21 1Th 5:2


VERSE 12 
 - ten times.
   * Ge 31:7,41 Nu 14:22 Job 19:3
- 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."


VERSE 13 
 - Therefore.
   * Ge 32:13-20 2Ch 32:2-8 Ps 112:5 Mt 10:16 1Co 14:20
- in the lower places.  Heb. from the lower parts of the place,
  etc.  their swords.
   * :17,18 So 3:7,8 Eph 6:11-20


VERSE 14 
 - Be ye not afraid.
   * Nu 14:9 De 1:21,29,30; 20:3,4 Jos 1:9 2Ch 20:15-17; 32:7
   * Ps 27:1; 46:11 Isa 41:10-14 Mt 10:28 Heb 13:6
- remember.
   * Ps 20:7; 77:10-20; 143:5 Isa 51:12,13; 63:11-13
- great.
   * Ne 1:5 De 10:17 Job 37:22 Ps 65:5; 66:3,5 Isa 64:1-3 Na 1:2-7
   * Heb 12:20,21,28,29
- fight.
   * 2Sa 10:12


VERSE 15 
 - God.
   * 2Sa 15:31; 17:14 Job 5:12,13 Ps 33:10,11 Pr 21:30 Isa 8:10
   * Isa 44:25 La 3:37,38 1Co 3:19,20
- every one.
   * Mr 13:34 Ro 12:11 1Th 4:11


VERSE 16 
 - my servants.
   * :23; 5:15,16 Ps 101:6
- and the other half.
  This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present
  day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men,
  to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it.

- habergeons.
  {Habergeon,} from the Teutonic {hals,} the neck, and {bergen,}
  to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a
  breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic {hautbergon} signifies
  a coat of mail; the original {shiryon,} we have already seen,
  denotes a corslet.


VERSE 17 
 - bare burdens.
   * :10
- 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.

- with one.
   * Da 9:25 1Co 9:12; 16:9,13 2Co 6:7 Eph 6:11-20 Php 1:28 2Ti 2:3
   * 2Ti 4:7


VERSE 18 
 - by his side.  Heb. on his loins.  he that sounded.
   * Nu 10:9 2Ch 13:12-17


VERSE 19 
 - I said.
   * :14; 5:7; 7:5


VERSE 20 
 - our God.
   * Ex 14:14,25 De 1:30; 3:22; 20:4 Jos 23:10 Zec 14:3


VERSE 21 
 - So we.
   * 1Co 15:10,58 Ga 6:9 Col 1:29


VERSE 22 
 - every one.
   * Ne 11:1,2


VERSE 23 
 - So neither I.
   * Ne 5:16; 7:2 Jud 9:48 1Co 15:10
- saving that, etc.  or, every one went with his weapon for
  water.
   * Jud 5:11
  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 ƒl hammayim,} "in order to
  send them to the water."



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