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Nehemiah 2:18

in Nehemiah 2

I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

KJV

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

This verse in Nehemiah 2

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Rise up - Let us do it with vigour, and diligence, and resolution, as those that are determined to go through with it. Their hands - Their own and one anothers.

This site's exposition

let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem

on Nehemiah 2:17-18

Nehemiah names the distress before the plan: "Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace" (2:17). He gives the grounds after the ask, "the gracious hand of my God upon me" and what the king had said.

This site's exposition

they set their hands to this good work

John Wesley reads the people's reply as resolve to see the work through, and the strengthened hands as their own and one another's. They had two grounds, God's hand and the king's word.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. 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.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me.....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Then I told them - He opened to them his design and his commission.
The king’s words - These have not been given; but the royal permission to restore the walls is implied in Neh 2:5-6.

The words behind it

21 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.

  • וָאַגִּ֨ידand I told

    vaagidH5046 →370 times

  • לָהֶ֜םto them

    lahem

  • אֶת־<obj.>[about]

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יַ֣ד[the] hand of

    yadH3027 →1618 times

  • אֱלֹהַ֗יGod my

    ʾelohaiH430 →2601 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הִיא֙it

    hi'H1931 →1879 times

  • טוֹבָ֣ה[was] good

    tovahH2896 →538 times

  • עָלַ֔יon me

    ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times

  • וְאַף־and also

    veaf-H637 →134 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אָֽמַר־he had spoken

    ʾamar-H559 →5305 times

  • לִ֑יto me

    li

  • וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙and they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • נָק֣וּםlet us arise

    nakumH6965 →628 times

  • וּבָנִ֔ינוּand we will rebuild

    uvaninuH1129 →376 times

  • וַיְחַזְּק֥וּand they strengthened

    vaychazekuH2388 →291 times

  • יְדֵיהֶ֖םhands their

    yedeihemH3027 →1618 times

  • לַטּוֹבָֽה׃ פfor <the> good

    latovahH2896 →538 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

    Ephesians 6:10

    Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 4:13

      I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

    • Isaiah 40:31

      But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

    • Joshua 1:9

      Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

    • 1 Corinthians 16:13

      Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

    • 1 Peter 5:10

      And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…

  • Through

    Philippians 2:13

    For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 13:21

      equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

    • 2 Corinthians 3:5

      Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

    • 2 Timothy 1:9

      He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

Where this verse is studied

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.