Nehemiah 6:11

Should. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Hebrew. sagar. Compare Nehemiah 13:19.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Would go into the temple to save his life - Rather “could go into the temple and live.” For a layman to enter the sanctuary was a capital offence...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I said, (f) Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A further Attempt to Entrap Nehemiah. This section is very compressed; important links in the narrative are wanting, so that it is impossible to gr...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 443 CHRISTIAN FIRMNESS Nehemiah 6:11 . And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there , that, being as I am , would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. Sh...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Should such a man as I flee? &c.— There is something very significant, as well as magnanimous, in these words of Nehemiah. Should such a man a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in....
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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Should such a man as I flee? — First, the expression of personal dignity. Then of fear: “Who, being as I am” (a layman), “would go into the Temple...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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 eng...
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 co...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) В¶ Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I said, should such a man as I flee ?.... The king's commissioner, who had the conducting and management of the whole affair of building the wal...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Should such a man as I flee? I, who am governor, and ought to show a good example of undaunted courage? I, upon whose presence, counsel, and conduc...
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 wa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Shemaiah's Plot Defeated. B. C. 445. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Should such a man as I flee; I the chief governor, upon whose presence, and counsel, and conduct the very life and being of the whole city and nati...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 6:10 ‘And I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up. And he said, “Let us meet together i...
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 violenc...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Should such a man as I flee? Panic I. PANIC. Unreasoning, helpless fright. 1. National panic. 2. Business panic. 3. Personal panic....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF SANBALLAT AND HIS FRIENDS TO HINDER THE BUILDING OF THE WALL , AND THEIR FAILUR...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Shemaiah, The False Prophet
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? the governor entrusted with the defense of the city? And who is there that, being as I am, would go into th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:5 ; Acts 20:24 ; Acts 21:13 ; Acts 8:1 ; Ecclesiastes 10:1 ; Hebrews 11:27 ; Isaiah 10:18 ; Job 4:3-6 ; Luke 13:31-33 ; Nehemia...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As I — I the chief governor, upon whose presence, the very life of the whole city and nation in a great measure depends: I who have professed such...

¹¹ And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 6:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nehemiah 6:11