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Nehemiah 2:1 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 2 · verse 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.Nehemiah 2:1 · King James Version
Nehemiah 2:1 in context
1And 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.
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ArtaxerxesʼArtachshashtâʼArtachshasta , a title of several Persian kingsH783 →
- twentiethʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
- NisanNîyçânNisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred yearH5212 →
- yearshâneha yearH8141 →
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When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David's words (Psa 51:18, Build thou the walls of Jerusalem), he did not sit still and say, "Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do," but set himself to forecast what he could do towards it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8