{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/tsk/neh004.htm","path":"bib/cmt/tsk/neh004.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/tsk/neh004.htm","text":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880]\nOverview\nNeh 4:1, While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the work; Neh 4:7, Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a watch; Neh 4:13, He arms the labourers; Neh 4:19, and gives military precepts.\nSanballat: Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19; Ezr 4:1-5; Act 5:17\nmocked: Psa 35:15, Psa 35:16, Psa 44:13, Psa 44:14; Mat 27:29; Heb 11:36\nfeeble: Sa1 14:11, Sa1 14:12, Sa1 17:43, Sa1 17:44; Zac 12:8; Co1 1:27\nfortify themselves: Heb. leave to themselves\nsacrifice: Neh 12:27, Neh 12:43\nrevive: Neh 4:10; Eze 37:3-13; Hab 3:2\nTobiah: Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19, Neh 6:1; Kg1 20:10, Kg1 20:18; Kg2 18:23\ndespised: Heb. despite\nturn: Sa1 17:26; Psa 79:12; Pro 3:34; Hos 12:14\ncover not: Psa 59:5-13, Psa 69:27, Psa 109:14; Jer 18:23; Ti2 4:14\ntheir sin: Psa 51:1, Psa 51:9; Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22\nbefore the builders: Isa 36:11, Isa 36:12\nand all the wall: That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.\nfor the people: The original is very emphatic, wyhee laiv leam laasoth, \"for the people had a heart to work.\" Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.\nhad a mind: Neh 6:15; Ch1 29:3, Ch1 29:14, Ch1 29:17, Ch1 29:18; Ch2 29:36; Psa 110:3; Co2 8:16, Co2 8:17; Phi 2:13; Heb 13:21\nSanballat: Neh 4:1, Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19\nthe Ammonites: Jdg 10:7-18, 11:12-40; Sa1 11:2; Sa2 10:1-5; Kg2 24:2; Ch2 20:1; Eze 25:3-7; Amo 1:13\nAshdodites: Neh 13:23, Neh 13:24; Sa1 5:1, Sa1 5:2; Ch2 26:6-8; Jer 25:20; Amo 1:8, Amo 3:9; Zac 9:5, Zac 9:6\nheard: Ezr 4:4-16, Ezr 5:8\nwere made up: Heb. ascended\nthen: Gen 3:15; Act 4:17, Act 4:18, Act 5:33; Rev 12:12, Rev 12:13, Rev 12:17\nall: Psa 2:1-3, Psa 83:3-11; Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10; Act 23:12, Act 23:13\nhinder it: Heb. make an error to it, Jer 20:10\nNevertheless: Neh 4:11; Gen 32:9-12, Gen 32:28; Kg2 19:14-19; Psa 50:15, Psa 55:16-22; Luk 6:11, Luk 6:12; Act 4:24-30\nset a watch: Mat 26:41; Luk 21:36; Pe1 5:8\nThe strength: Num 13:31, Num 32:9; Psa 11:1, Psa 11:2; Hag 1:2\nThey shall not: Judg. 20:29-48; Sa2 17:2; Psa 56:6; Isa 47:11; Act 23:12, Act 23:21; Th1 5:2\nten times: Gen 31:7, Gen 31:41; Num 14:22; Job 19:3\nFrom all places: etc. or, That from all places ye must return to us\nye shall return: Houbigant, Michaelis, and Dathe contend, that instead of tashoovoo, \"ye shall return,\" we should read chashevoo, \"they designed.\nTherefore: Gen 32:13-20; Ch2 32:2-8; Psa 112:5; Mat 10:16; Co1 14:20\nin the lower places: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc. their swords. Neh 4:17, Neh 4:18; Sol 3:7, Sol 3:8; Eph 6:11-20\nBe ye not afraid, Num 14:9; Deu 1:21, Deu 1:29, Deu 1:30, Deu 20:3, Deu 20:4; Jos 1:9; Ch2 20:15-17, Ch2 32:7; Psa 27:1, Psa 46:11; Isa 41:10-14; Mat 10:28; Heb 13:6\nremember: Psa 20:7, Psa 77:10-20, Psa 143:5; Isa 51:12, Isa 51:13, Isa 63:11-13\ngreat: Neh 1:5; Deu 10:17; Job 37:22; Psa 65:5, Psa 66:3, Psa 66:5; Isa 64:1-3; Nah 1:2-7; Heb 12:20, Heb 12:21, Heb 12:28, Heb 12:29\nfight: Sa2 10:12\nGod: Sa2 15:31, Sa2 17:14; Job 5:12, Job 5:13; Psa 33:10, Psa 33:11; Pro 21:30; Isa 8:10; Isa 44:25; Lam 3:37, Lam 3:38; Co1 3:19, Co1 3:20\nevery one: Mar 13:34; Rom 12:11; Th1 4:11\nmy servants: Neh 4:23, Neh 5:15, Neh 5:16; Psa 101:6\nand 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.\nhabergeons: 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.\nbare burdens: Neh 4:10\nevery 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.\nwith one: Dan 9:25; Co1 9:12, Co1 16:9, Co1 16:13; Co2 6:7; Eph 6:11-20; Phi 1:28; Ti2 2:3; Ti2 4:7\nby his side: Heb. on his loins\nhe that sounded: Num 10:9; Ch2 13:12-17\nour God: Exo 14:14, Exo 14:25; Deu 1:30, Deu 3:22, Deu 20:4; Jos 23:10; Zac 14:3\nSo we: Co1 15:10, Co1 15:58; Gal 6:9; Col 1:29\nSo neither I: Neh 5:16, Neh 7:2; Jdg 9:48; Co1 15:10\nsaving that: etc. or, every one went with his weapon for water, Jdg 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 manuscripts reads, meshallachah al hammayim, \"in order to send them to the water.","title":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: Nehemiah: Nehemiah Chapter 4","type":"page"}