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Nehemiah 2:9 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 2 · verse 9
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.Nehemiah 2:9 · King James Version
Nehemiah 2:9 in context
7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- governorspechâha prefectH6346 →
- captainssara head personH8269 →
- lettersʼiggerethan epistleH107 →
- beyondʻêberproperly, a region acrossH5676 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- rivernâhâra stream (including the seaH5104 →
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We are here told, I. Now Nehemiah was dismissed by the court he was sent from. The king appointed captains of the army and horsemen to go with him (Neh 2:9), both for his guard and to show that he was a man whom the king did delight to honour, that all the king's servants might respect him accordingly.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-20