Nehemiah 2
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Nisan
Esther 3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year …
the twentieth
Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in …
Ezra 7:1,7 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, …
I took up
Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …
Genesis 40:11,21 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed …
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Why is thy
Genesis 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of …
sorrow
Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the …
Then I (Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face indicated some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed, the words rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered evil, and wickedness of heart.)
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Let the king (Far from wishing ill to my master, I wish him to live for ever.)
1 Kings 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence …
Daniel 2:4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for …
Daniel 3:9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Daniel 5:10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came …
Daniel 6:6,21 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, …
the city
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there …
Psalm 102:14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
Psalm 137:6 If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; …
Lamentations 2:9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her …
the place
2 Chronicles 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned …
2 Chronicles 28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, …
2 Chronicles 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the most …
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
For what
1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God …
Esther 5:3,6 Then said the king to her, What will you, queen Esther? and what …
Esther 7:2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet …
Mark 10:51 And Jesus answered and said to him, What will you that I should do …
So I prayed
Nehemiah 1:4,11 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and …
2 Samuel 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators …
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication …
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
If it please
Ezra 5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made …
Esther 1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, …
Esther 5:8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please …
Esther 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in …
Esther 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favor in his sight, …
and if thy
Ruth 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for that …
2 Samuel 14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked …
Proverbs 3:4 So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
the queen. Heb. the wife (It was probably Esther who was present at this time, and who seconded Nehemiah's request.)
So it pleased
Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed …
Nehemiah 1:11 O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer …
Isaiah 58:12 And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you …
Isaiah 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former …
Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; …
I set him a time (It is probable that this time was no more than six months, or a year; after which he either returned, or had his leave of absence lengthened, as we find he was twelve years governor of the Jews.)
Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor …
Nehemiah 13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth …
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
let letters
Nehemiah 2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the …
Ezra 6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, …
Ezra 7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers …
that they may
Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen …
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
the wall
Nehemiah 2:17 Then said I to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem …
Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, …
the house
Nehemiah 3:7 And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, …
Nehemiah 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, …
the king
Nehemiah 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me; as also …
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: …
Ezra 5:5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, that they …
Ezra 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the …
Ezra 7:6,9,27,28 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the …
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
Isaiah 66:14 And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall …
Daniel 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince …
Acts 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor …
Acts 26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue to this day, witnessing …
2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart …
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
to the governors
Nehemiah 2:7 Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be …
Now the
Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen …
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Sanballat
Nehemiah 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, …
Nehemiah 4:1-3,7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the …
Nehemiah 6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, …
Horonite
Isaiah 15:5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, …
Jeremiah 48:5,34 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up…
the servant
Proverbs 30:22 For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Ecclesiastes 10:7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.
the Ammonite
Nehemiah 13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the …
it grieved
Numbers 22:3,4 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and …
Psalm 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his …
Psalm 122:6-9 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you…
Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Ezekiel 25:6-8 For thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, …
Micah 7:9,10,16,17 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against …
Acts 4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus …
Acts 5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief …
Acts 19:26,27 Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost …
there was come
Ezra 4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, …
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Ezra 8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
I arose
Genesis 32:22-24 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, …
Joshua 10:9 Joshua therefore came to them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had …
Judges 9:32 Now therefore up by night, you and the people that is with you, and …
Matthew 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and …
neither
Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Amos 5:13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Micah 7:5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep …
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
my God (This pious and noble-minded man attributes every thing to God. If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his heart; if he did or received any good, it was because the good hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good.)
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing …
Psalm 51:18 Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build you the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of …
Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not …
2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart …
James 1:16,17 Do not err, my beloved brothers…
Revelation 17:17 For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, …
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
the gate
Nehemiah 2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and …
Nehemiah 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they …
2 Chronicles 26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and …
the dung port (This was the gate on the eastern side of the city, through which the filth was carried to the brook Kidron and valley of Hinnom.)
Nehemiah 3:13,14 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they …
Nehemiah 12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed …
the walls
Nehemiah 2:3,17 And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not …
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there …
Jeremiah 5:10 Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take …
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
the gate of the fountain (The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west.)
Nehemiah 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, …
2 Kings 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from …
2 Kings 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how …
2 Chronicles 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and …
the king's pool (Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David.)
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
the brook. The brook Kidron
2 Samuel 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed …
Jeremiah 31:38-40 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that the city shall be built …
John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples …
the gate (The gate leading to the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of the city, through which the brook Kidron flows. It was by this gate he went out; so that he went round the whole of the city, and entered by the same gate.)
Nehemiah 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the …
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
the rulers
Nehemiah 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told …
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Ye see
Lamentations 2:2,8,9 The LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied…
Lamentations 3:51 My eye affects my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
come
Ezra 5:1,2 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo…
Ezra 10:2-4 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered …
Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees…
a reproach
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there …
1 Samuel 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make …
Psalm 44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to …
Psalm 79:4,12 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to …
Psalm 89:50,51 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my …
Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the …
Lamentations 3:45,46 You have made us as the offscouring and refuse in the middle of the people…
Ezekiel 5:14 Moreover I will make you waste, and a reproach among the nations …
Ezekiel 22:4,5 You are become guilty in your blood that you have shed; and have …
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
the hand. See on ver.
Nehemiah 2:8 And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest…
So they strengthened
2 Samuel 2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be you valiant: …
1 Chronicles 11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened …
1 Chronicles 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our …
2 Chronicles 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was …
Ezra 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the …
Haggai 1:13,14 Then spoke Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message to the …
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Philippians 2:13 For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Sanballat
Nehemiah 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, …
Nehemiah 6:1,2 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, …
Geshem
Nehemiah 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened …
Gashmu. they
Job 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers …
Psalm 44:13,14 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to …
Psalm 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to …
Psalm 80:6 You make us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Jeremiah 20:8 For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because …
Mark 5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, …
Hebrews 11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, moreover …
will ye rebel
Nehemiah 6:6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu …
Ezra 4:15,16 That search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: …
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting …
John 19:12 And from thereafter Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried …
Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition …
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.
The God
Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed …
2 Chronicles 26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding …
Psalm 20:5 We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we …
Psalm 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: …
Psalm 102:13,14 You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion: for the time to favor her, …
Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.
Ecclesiastes 7:18 It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from this …
ye have no
Ezra 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers …
Acts 8:21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not …
memorial
Exodus 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate …
Leviticus 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take …
Leviticus 24:7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on …
Numbers 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in …
Isaiah 56:5 Even to them will I give in my house and within my walls a place …
Zechariah 6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, …
Acts 10:4,31 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? …
Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nothing of you builders, which …
