Nehemiah 2:5
“And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And I said unto the king; if it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight,.... He submits what…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The city of my fathers' sepulchres - The tombs of the dead were sacred among the ancients, and nothing could appear to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 2:1-8
When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David's words (Psa 51:18, Build thou the walls…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Nehemiah 2:5-20
b 73 a. The Register of those who returned with Zerubbabel = Ezr 2:1-70
a register of the genealogy R.V. the book.
of…
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