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Nehemiah 6:7

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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.

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This verse in Nehemiah 6

Commentary

3 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

with an open letter in his hand

on Nehemiah 6:5-7

The fifth approach drops the pretense of friendliness. Sanballat sends an open letter, unsealed so any hand could read it, carrying a charge meant to spread before Nehemiah could answer it: it is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. The letter claims Nehemiah has hired prophets to proclaim him king in Judah and dares him to come explain himself, the same trap set at Ono with a sharper edge. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown and Gill both note that the open letter was itself an insult, a form used for inferiors rather than equals, its missing seal the first accusation before a word is read.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

on Nehemiah 6:5-9

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.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Proverbs 26:24–26A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.4 works2 Samuel 15:10–12Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”2 worksActs 23:15Now 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.”2 works1 Kings 1:7So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.2 works1 Kings 1:18But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.2 works1 Kings 1:34There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Nehemiah 6:12–13I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.2 works1 Kings 1:25For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’2 worksEcclesiastes 1:1These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:2 works

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’?

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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
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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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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