Nehemiah 6:17 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 6:17

Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

KJV

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Moreover, in those days,.... While the wall was building: the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them; letters passed between them frequently, they informing him how things went on at Jerusalem, and he advising them to what was detrimental to the true interest of their nation; such false friends had Nehemiah about him, and yet the work succeeded under him; which showed it the more to be of God.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The nobles of Judah sent many letters - The circumstances marked in this and the following verses show still more clearly the difficulties which Nehemiah had to encounter; he had enemies without and false friends within. A treacherous correspondence was carried on between the nobles of Judah and the Ammonites; and had almost any other man been at the head of the Jewish affairs, Jerusalem had never been re-established.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּ֣ם׀	gam	also	H1571 →
בַּיָּמִ֣ים	bai.ya.Mim	in the days	H3117 →
הָהֵ֗ם	ha.Hem	<the> those	H1992 →
מַרְבִּ֞ים	mar.Bim	[were] multiplying	H7235 →
חֹרֵ֤י	cho.Rei	[the] nobles of	H2715 →
יְהוּדָה֙	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם	'i.ge.Ro.tei.Hem	letters their	H107 →
הוֹלְכ֖וֹת	hol.Khot	[which were] going	H1980 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
טוֹבִיָּ֑ה	toi.Yah	Tobiah	H2900 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר	va.'a.Sher	and [those] which	H834 →
לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה	le.toi.Yah	[belonged] to Tobiah	H2900 →
בָּא֥וֹת	ba.'ot	[were] coming	H935 →
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 5:7
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
leads to
- Leviticus 25:36
  Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
- Deuteronomy 23:19–20
  Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- Exodus 22:25
  If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
Through
Nehemiah 3:5
Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
leads to
- Nehemiah 3:27
  And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
Through
Nehemiah 13:28
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
leads to
- Nehemiah 2:19
  But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…
- Nehemiah 12:10
  Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
- Nehemiah 6:17–19
  Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.
- Nehemiah 3:1
  At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower…