Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 2:1

Nisan] which is the Hebrew Abib; about our March. the vernal equinoctial.

Artaxerxes] Longimanus, thirteene years after Ezra, chap. VII. 7.

I took up] His waiting-course being then come: four moneths after Hanani his coming, chap. I. 1, 2.

Nehemiah 2:4

prayed] Nehemiah his Prayer, by ejaculation, like that of Moses, Exod. XIV. 15. And specialy his zeale in the building, chap. IV. 16, 17, 23. and V. 11. And his speed, chap. VI. 15. And his courage against all oppositions, chap. IV. and chap. VI. And his care for the needy and oppressed, chap. V. 11, 12, 13. And his heat and wrath against sinne, chap. XIII. 25. And his wonderful bounty, chap. V. 14, 15, 17, 18. are all very remarkable.

Nehemiah 2:6

a time] Twelve years, chap. V. 14. and XIII. 6.

Sanballat] As the Samaritanes opposed and hindered Zerubbabl in the Building of the Temple, Ezra IV. So the Moabite, Ammonite, and Arabian disturbed Nehemiah in the building of the walls of the Citie, Neh. II, 10, 19. and IV. 1, &c. and VI. 1, &c.

Which were] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; Here 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 (m) is used in the end of a word; which never useth so to be. And again 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 (m) proper to the end of a word, is found in the middle, in the beginning of Esay IX. 7.