Nehemiah 4:11

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

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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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cause, &c. . suspend the work.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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 accompl...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They shall not know. — As to the adversaries, their plan was evidently to watch and surprise, instead of making the threatened attack.
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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Braving Ridicule and Treachery Nehemiah 2:12-20 ; Nehemiah 4:1-12 Suspicion , Nehemiah 2:12-20 . Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a native...
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 w...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (10) And Judah said, The strength of t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And our adversaries said, they shall not know ,.... Our designs upon them: neither see ; or perceive what we are about to do: till we come in th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. Ver....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Our adversaries said, They shall not know , &c. Their enemies resolved not to appear with an army before Jerusalem, but to march so secretly tha...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Je...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We will come secretly and unexpectedly upon them so as they shall neither foresee their danger, nor be able to prevent it.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Continual Opposition To The Building Of The Wall And Problems Related To It ( Nehemiah 4:1 to Nehemiah 6:14 ). Meanwhile the work did not go on...
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 Neh...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Three Attitudes Which Nehemiah Had To Contend With ( Nehemiah 4:10-12 ). Nehemiah's firm response is now set against the background of three attit...
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 ....
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 Je...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobtah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls. .. conspired al...
The Biblical Illustrator

And our adversaries said, They shall not know. The craft and cruelty of the Church’s adversaries I. A strong combination against the church of...
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 Ashdo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah's Precautions
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And our adversaries said, They shall not know neither see till we come in the midst among them, in a sudden, destructive attack, and slay them, and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:2 ; 2 Samuel 17:2 ; Acts 23:12 ; Acts 23:21 ; Isaiah 47:11 ; Judges 20:29-48 ; Psalms 56:6

¹¹ And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 4:11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Nehemiah 4:11