these words. Evidently the first authentic news he had heard. No wonder he was heartbroken.
prayed. Nehemiah. man of prayer. Compare Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 4:5; Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 6:9; Nehemiah 6:14; Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Nehemiah 13:29; Nehemiah 13:31.
God of heaven. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:23. This title peculiar to the "times of the Gentiles", when God dwells no longer "between the Cherubim", but acts as from. distance. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 and compare the title "Lord of all the earth" in Zechariah 6:5, when He again claims the land, as in Joshua 3:11; Joshua 3:13. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:23.