Nehemiah 2:9

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah Arrives in Jerusalem and Surveys the Walls. Nehemiah 2:9 . The account of the journey is omitted, interest being centred upon what Nehem...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

captains . princes. army . force.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah's Resolve to rebuild Jerusalem This chapter gives an account of Nehemiah's request for leave to rebuild Jerusalem, his arrival there, and...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Captains of the army ] Nehemiah as Tirshatha or governor ( Nehemiah 8:9 ; Nehemiah 10:1 ) was invested with civil and not, like Ezra, ecclesiastica...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(9-11) His journey to Jerusalem, occupying some three months, and safe under good escort, is passed over in the narrative, as Ezra’s had been. It is...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MIDNIGHT RIDE Nehemiah 2:9-20 NEHEMIAH'S journey up to Jerusalem differed in many respects from Ezra's great expedition, with a host of emi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Patriot's Self-Sacrifice Nehemiah 2:1-11 The seventh month answers to our March or April, so that four months had passed since Nehemiah had s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah's sadness could not wholly be hidden. He had not been habitually a sad man, as he himself declares; but the sorrow of his nation manifested...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then I came to the governors beyond the river ,.... Who these governors were, whether the same who were in the second year of this king's reign eigh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. V...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me This the king had done over and above what Nehemiah had desired; and it procured hi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This exercise of Nehemiah continued for four months following the information he received, and finally came to a head in the month Nisan (correspondi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah's Journey to Jerusalem; the Malice of Sanballat, c. B. C. 445....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah Takes The Road To Jerusalem With A Suitable Armed Guard ( Nehemiah 2:9-10 ). Having received the king's permission, and having obtained h...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 2:1 . Nisan ] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4 , first month in Hebrew national year. Corresponds to parts of our March a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 2:1 . Nisan. See the chronology, Exodus 12 . Artaxerxes was well disposed towards the Jews. He had sent Ezra to Jerusalem in the seventh...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then I came to the governors beyond the river. The initial stages of a great reformation Great reformations often have an insignificant commenc...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH 'S JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM ( Nehemiah 3:9-16 ). On his way to Jerusalem, Nehemiah would pass through the provinces of va...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now, the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me, no...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah Arrives at Jerusalem
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 8:22 ; Nehemiah 2:7
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Rebuilding the Wall Nehemiah 2:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we study the Book of Nehemiah we learn the truth of that old saying, "God moves in a...

⁹ Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 2:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Nehemiah 2:9