Nehemiah 4:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. ”

Nehemiah 4:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let every one ... lodge within Jerusalem - i. e. Let none return to his own village or city at night, but let all take their rest in Jerusalem.”
Nehemiah 4:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samaritan Attempt to Frustrate the Building of the Walls. In Nehemiah 4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the effort...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lodge . pass the night. Few, or no houses yet. See Nehemiah 7:4 ; Nehemiah 13:21 . Compare Hebrew. lun. First occurrence Genesis 19:2 ; Genesis 24:23 ; Genesis 24:25 ; Genesis 24:54 , &c...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. Let every one with his ser...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. No JFB commentary on...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Machinations of the Enemies of the Jews 1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival ( Nehemiah 2:10 ) was increased by the work accomplished by the latter.
Nehemiah 4:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10 ; Nehemiah 2:19 ; Nehemiah 4:1-23 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem show that Nehemiah was awake to the dangers with which he...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Triumph of Courage and Devotion Nehemiah 4:13-23 The work of rebuilding the ruins of Zion is typical of our efforts as Christians to counteract the deterioration which is ever at work in ou...
Nehemiah 4:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt. However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and l...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) В¶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and...
Nehemiah 4:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people ,.... That were at work upon the wall: let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem ; every builder had a servant, or a lad, as the word si...
Nehemiah 4:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. Ver. 22. Likewise at th...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Half of them held the spears For the use of every man, if there should be occasion. From the rising of the morning till the stars appeared Working very early and very late. Let every one with hi...
Nehemiah 4:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION (vv. 1-23) The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness of mock...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Precautions of Nehemiah. B. C. 445. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, th...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Within Jerusalem; not in the suburbs, or adjoining villages, as probably many of them did, returning thence to their work in the morning.
Nehemiah 4:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sanballat And His Allies Determine Violence Against the Builders Of The Walls With The Aim Of Preventing Their Completion Only To Be Thwarted By Nehemiah's Precautions ( Nehemiah 4:7-23 ). Their d...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1-6 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap. Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 4:1 . Sanballat ] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10 . That we builded the wall ] That we were building i...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:1 . But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. It was needful to rebuild the wall of Jerusa...
Nehemiah 4:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:2 . He spake before his brethren; that is, before Tobias, &c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had convened for counsel against the Jews. Nehemiah 4:5 . Le...
Nehemiah 4:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Nehemiah 4:7 It came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah , at Samaria, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites , in their respective residences, heard tha...
Nehemiah 4:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah's Precautions
Nehemiah 4:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 11:1 ; Nehemiah 11:2

Nehemiah 4:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 4:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 4:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 4:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 4:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge