Nehemiah 6:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. ”

Nehemiah 6:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though Tobiah is called “the servant” or “slave” Nehemiah 2:10 , Nehemiah 2:19 , and was perhaps a bought slave of Sanballat’s, yet he was in such a position that Jewish nobles readily contracted...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebuilding of the Wall is Completed. Tobiah's Friends in Judah. Nehemiah 6:15 . Elul: = August approximately. The rebuilding of the walls was completed in 444 B.C., having taken fifty-two day...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

son in law. Connected also with. high priest Eliashib Compare Nehemiah 13:4 . Meshullam. Compare Nehemiah 3:4 ; Nehemiah 3:30 .
Nehemiah 6:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. He was the...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Attempts of Sanballat to hinder the completion of the Walls 2. Ono] near Lod ( Ezra 2:33 ), now Kefr Ana, some 25 m. from Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 6:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(17-19) A supplementary account is here introduced, explaining the intrigues within Jerusalem to which reference has been made.
Nehemiah 6:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

WISE AS SERPENTS Nehemiah 6:1-19 OPEN opposition had totally failed. The watchful garrison had not once permitted a surprise. In spite of the persistent malignity of his enemies, Nehemiah had r...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Great Task-A Safeguard from Danger Nehemiah 6:1-19 How often Satan tries to call us off from our work for God! He cannot endure to see us engaged so eagerly on our Master's business and there...
Nehemiah 6:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have the account of the continuity of opposition to the work of Nehemiah. It moved, however, on to a new plane. Having begun in contempt, and proceeded through conspiracy, it now a...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. (18) For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in la...
Nehemiah 6:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For there were many in Judah sworn unto him ,.... To Tobiah, who not only in a private manner corresponded with him by letters, but bound themselves by an oath to him to be true to his interest, and...
Nehemiah 6:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For [there were] many in Judah sworn unto him, because he [was] the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. Ver. 18....
Nehemiah 6:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah Corresponding with him against Nehemiah, and against their own city and nation. So that, added to all the other wickedness of this people, there we...
Nehemiah 6:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

FURTHER SUBTLE OPPOSITION (vv. 1-14) Chapter 5 has been practically a parenthesis in this book, for Nehemiah had to delay the building of the wall in order to deal with serious problems inside....
Nehemiah 6:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Completion of the Wall. B. C. 445. 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and f...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sworn unto him, to be true to him in the prosecution of his wicked designs. His son had taken the daughter of Meshullam: this is noted to show the mischief of such unequal and forbidden marriages...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah Outsmarts His Adversaries Until The Walls Are Completed ( Nehemiah 6:1-19 ) Work on the walls had meanwhile being going on apace with the result that it was finally completed apart from t...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “When Sanballat and the enemies associated with him were unable to obstruct the building of the wall of Jerusalem by open violence, they endeavoured to ruin Nehemiah by secret sna...
Nehemiah 6:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 6:6 . Thou mayest be king. Sanballat accused this very old man of a crime that was in his own heart, had he but seen an opening, for he kept a standing army in Samaria. Nehemiah 6:7 ....
Nehemiah 6:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat. The witness to the truth I. His trial, from the stratagems of enemies. The circumstances of his trial were peculiar. Faith and prayer and pains had now achi...
Nehemiah 6:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF SANBALLAT AND HIS FRIENDS TO HINDER THE BUILDING OF THE WALL , AND THEIR FAILURE . THE WALL COMPLETED ( Nehemiah 6:1-16 .)....
Nehemiah 6:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wall Completed
Nehemiah 6:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 2:5 ; Nehemiah 3:30 ; Nehemiah 3:4 ; Nehemiah 7:10

Nehemiah 6:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 6:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 6:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 6:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 6:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 6:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 6:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 6:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 6:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 6:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 6:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 6:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 6:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge