Nehemiah 1:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The God of heaven - This title of the Almighty, which is Persian rather than Jewish (see 2 Chronicles 36:23 ; Ezra 1:2 note; Ezra 6:10 ; Ezr...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART III ( Nehemiah 1:1 to Nehemiah 7:73 a ). The Work of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 1:1-11 a. Nehemiah, Hearing of the Evil Plight of his Brethr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

these words. Evidently the first authentic news he had heard. No wonder he was heartbroken. prayed. Nehemiah. man of prayer. Compare Nehemiah 4...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heave...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ill News from Jerusalem. Nehemiah's Prayer 1. The words] better, 'the history.' Some thirteen or fourteen years separate the visit of Nehemiah to...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Prayed ] Nehemiah's prayer consists of a confession of sin, an appeal to God's promises, and an entreaty for help in the undertaking he contemplated...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-11) Nehemiah’s appeal to God. The prayer is a perfect example of the private and individual devotion with which the later Hebrew Scriptures abound...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Patriot's Prayer Nehemiah 1:1-11 Though living in luxury, in the winter palace of the Persian kings, Nehemiah's heart was keenly sensitive to...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the last Book of Old Testament history. An interval of about twelve years occurred between the reformation under Ezra and the coming of Nehem...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusal...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A PATRIOT’S PRAYER ‘I … fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.’ Nehemiah 1:4 It was an evidence of Nehemiah’s piety that the news from...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, when I heard these words ,.... This sad and melancholy account of things: that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When I heard these words I sat down Probably upon the ground, as the manner was, in great sorrow, and perhaps in ashes; and wept and mourned certa...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOVED BY THE REPORTED CONDITION OF JERUSALEM Though verse 1 makes it clear that this whole book records "the words of Nehemiah," it may be that Ne...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah's Distress. B. C. 445. 1 The...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Cry Goes Up To God ( Nehemiah 1:4-11 ). So Nehemiah now did what God's true people always do when they face adversity. He prayed to YHW...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept. Sad tidings and fruitful grief I. The occasion of His grief. 1. Not...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah's Grief over Jerusalem.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, withdrawing from his duties at court a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The God of heaven — Who seeth in secret; secret; having no opportunity of doing it openly.

⁴ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nehemiah 1:4