Nehemiah 2:20
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Ye have no portion, nor right - To be a citizen of Jerusalem was a high honor; and they would not permit those who did not belong to the tribes of Israel to dwell there. Zerubbabel gave the same…
We are here told,
I. Now Nehemiah was dismissed by the court he was sent from. The king appointed captains of the army and horsemen to go with him (Neh 2:9), both for his guard and to show that he was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The God of heaven see on Neh 1:4.
will prosper us See Neh 1:11. The Vulgate -juvat nos," the present tense corresponding to the following clause -we are his servants," is quite permissible: but is not…
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