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Nehemiah 6:7

in Nehemiah 6

and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

KJV

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

This verse in Nehemiah 6

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Thou hast also appointed prophets - Persons who pretend to be commissioned to preach to the people, and say, Nehemiah reigneth! Come now therefore, and let us take counsel - Come and justify yourself before me. This was a trick to get Nehemiah into his power.

This site's exposition

an unsealed letter

on Nehemiah 6:5-7

The fifth approach drops the pretense of friendliness. Sanballat's servant carries "an unsealed letter," open for any hand to read. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown and Gill both note that an open letter was a form used for inferiors, so its missing seal was an insult.

This site's exposition

you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem

Clarke pictures the charge as prophets set up to cry that Nehemiah reigns. The danger lay in the word king. Hired prophets do appear in this chapter, on the enemies' side, Shemaiah in verse 12 and Noadiah in verse 14.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The best men, even in their most innocent and excellent performances, have lain under this imputation. This is written to him in an open letter, as a thing generally known and talked of, that it was reported among the nations, and Gashmu will aver it for truth, that Nehemiah was aiming to make himself king and to shake off the Persian yoke.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Letters were, and are still, sent to persons of distinction in a bag or purse, and even to equals they are enclosed--the tie being made with a colored ribbon. But to inferiors, or persons who are to be treated contemptuously, the letters were sent open--that is, not enclosed in a bag.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְגַם־and also

    vegam-H1571 →769 times

  • נְבִיאִ֡יםprophets

    neviimH5030 →314 times

  • הֶעֱמַ֣דְתָּyou have appointed

    heemadtaH5975 →521 times

  • לִקְרֹא֩to proclaim

    likro'H7121 →733 times

  • עָלֶ֨יךָon you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֜םin Jerusalem

    virushalimH3389 →643 times

  • לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • מֶ֚לֶךְa king

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה[is] in Judah

    bihudahH3063 →819 times

  • וְעַתָּה֙and now

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • יִשָּׁמַ֣עit will be heard

    yishama'H8085 →1159 times

  • לַמֶּ֔לֶךְby the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • כַּדְּבָרִ֣יםaccording to the words

    kadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • וְעַתָּ֣הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • לְכָ֔הcome !

    lekhahH1980 →1546 times

  • וְנִֽוָּעֲצָ֖הso let us take counsel

    venivaatzahH3289 →

  • יַחְדָּֽו׃ סtogether

    yachdavH3162 →141 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 1:7

    So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 20:25

      Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

    • 1 Kings 2:22

      King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest…

  • Through

    Acts 23:15

    Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 37:32–33

      Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

    • Isaiah 59:7

      Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

    • Proverbs 1:16

      For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

    • Proverbs 1:11–12

      If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

    • Psalms 21:11

      Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.

  • Through

    1 Kings 1:18

    But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 1:24

      “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

Where this verse is studied

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About Nehemiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.