And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, when I heard these words,.... This sad and melancholy account of things:
that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; sat down upon the ground in dust and ashes, after…
Barnes' Notes
The God of heaven - This title of the Almighty, which is Persian rather than Jewish (see 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:2 note; Ezr 6:10; Ezr 7:12, Ezr 7:21), is a favorite one with Nehemiah, who had been born and…
Adam Clarke
And mourned certain days - From the month Chisleu to the month Nisan; about four months from the time he received the above information, till the time that Artaxerxes noticed his grief, Neh 2:1. All…
What tribe Nehemiah was of does nowhere appear; but, if it be true (which we are told by the author of the Maccabees, 2 Macc. 1:18) that he offered sacrifice, we must conclude him to have been a…
Neh 1:1 to Neh 7:73 a. Extract from the memoirs of Nehemiah
1. The Superscription. -In many MSS. and editions the beginning of this book is closely united with the last verse of Ezra, and in some it…
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