Neh 2:1, 13:6 | TSK | STEP | Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness, sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem. Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem. He views secretly the ruins of the walls. He incites the Jews to build. Nisan. the twentieth. I took up.

Nehemiah 2:1

1 Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness, sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem.

9 Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem.

12 He views secretly the ruins of the walls.

17 He incites the Jews to build.

Nisan.

Es 3:7

the twentieth.

1:1; Ezr 7:1,7

I took up.

1:11; Ge 40:11,21

Nehemiah 13:6

But.

Ex 32:1; 2Ch 24:17,18; Mt 13:25

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.

the two.

2:1; 5:14

after certain days. Heb. at the end of days.

2:5,6

obtained I. or, I earnestly requested.