Nehemiah
2 – His Request to the King
Nehemiah, the cupbearer was to taste everything
brought to the king. His job demanded that he be in the king’s presence most of
the time.
Nehemiah is preparing to make a request, but he is
quite nervous. The king noticed that Nehemiah wasn’t quite himself, so he asked
him, “Why are you sad?” Nehemiah, feeling fearful answered the king, “They city
of my fathers and the sepulchers where they are buried lie in waste and the
gates are consumed with fire.” “So, I prayed to the God of heaven.”
The king asked him, “what is your request?” Nehemiah
asked the king to grant him a leave of absence to go to Jerusalem to help
rebuild it.
“So, it pleased the king to send him, and Nehemiah set
him a time.”
He asked the king for letters of introduction and
explanation to the governors along his route so they would give him protection
as he travelled through their lands. Nehemiah went on his journey well
protected.
After arriving in Jerusalem Nehemiah did not want to stir
up undue alarm, so he went out at night under the cover of darkness to make his
inspection. There was so much debris that Nehemiah could not ride horseback
through it.
The next day Nehemiah called a meeting of the leaders
in the surrounding area of Jerusalem. He said, “Let’s do this job, God is with
us.” The people responded, “Let us rise up and build.”
Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, enemies of the Jews came against Nehemiah and
the leaders.
The enemies will use different methods to discourage
us from doing right. One way is to ridicule us.
Nehemiah said,
“Get out of the way, we are going to work, God is with us in this.”
God is always with us, all the time.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
Dr.
David Jeremiah.
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