Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, insidiously desire a conference with Nehemiah, which he refuses, Neh 6:1-4. They then charge him with the design of rebelling, and causing himself to be made king, Neh 6:5-7; which he de…
1Cuando oyeron Sanbalat y Tobías y Gesem el árabe, y los demás de nuestros enemigos, que yo había edificado el muro, y que no quedaba en él portillo (aunque hasta aquel tiempo no había puesto las hojas en las puertas),
2Sanbalat y Gesem enviaron a decirme: Ven y reunámonos en alguna de las aldeas en el campo de Ono. Mas ellos habían pensado hacerme mal.
3Y les envié mensajeros, diciendo: Yo hago una gran obra, y no puedo ir; porque cesaría la obra, dejándola yo para ir a vosotros.
4Y enviaron a mí con el mismo asunto hasta cuatro veces, y yo les respondí de la misma manera.
5Entonces Sanbalat envió a mí su criado para decir lo mismo por quinta vez, con una carta abierta en su mano,
6en la cual estaba escrito: Se ha oído entre las naciones, y Gasmu lo dice, que tú y los judíos pensáis rebelaros; y que por eso edificas tú el muro, con la mira, según estas palabras, de ser tú su rey;
7y que has puesto profetas que proclamen acerca de ti en Jerusalén, diciendo: ¡Hay rey en Judá! Y ahora serán oídas del rey las tales palabras; ven, por tanto, y consultemos juntos.
8Entonces envié yo a decirle: No hay tal cosa como dices, sino que de tu corazón tú lo inventas.
9Porque todos ellos nos amedrentaban, diciendo: Se debilitarán las manos de ellos en la obra, y no será terminada. Ahora, pues, oh Dios, fortalece tú mis manos.
10Vine luego a casa de Semaías hijo de Delaía, hijo de Mehetabel, porque él estaba encerrado; el cual me dijo: Reunámonos en la casa de Dios, dentro del templo, y cerremos las puertas del templo, porque vienen para matarte; sí, esta noche vendrán a matarte.
11Entonces dije: ¿Un hombre como yo ha de huir? ¿Y quién, que fuera como yo, entraría al templo para salvarse la vida? No entraré.
12Y entendí que Dios no lo había enviado, sino que hablaba aquella profecía contra mí porque Tobías y Sanbalat lo habían sobornado.
13Porque fue sobornado para hacerme temer así, y que pecase, y les sirviera de mal nombre con que fuera yo infamado.
14Acuérdate, Dios mío, de Tobías y de Sanbalat, conforme a estas cosas que hicieron; también acuérdate de Noadías profetisa, y de los otros profetas que procuraban infundirme miedo.
15Fue terminado, pues, el muro, el veinticinco del mes de Elul, en cincuenta y dos días.
16Y cuando lo oyeron todos nuestros enemigos, temieron todas las naciones que estaban alrededor de nosotros, y se sintieron humillados, y conocieron que por nuestro Dios había sido hecha esta obra.
17Asimismo en aquellos días iban muchas cartas de los principales de Judá a Tobías, y las de Tobías venían a ellos.
18Porque muchos en Judá se habían conjurado con él, porque era yerno de Secanías hijo de Ara; y Johanán su hijo había tomado por mujer a la hija de Mesulam hijo de Berequías.
19También contaban delante de mí las buenas obras de él, y a él le referían mis palabras. Y enviaba Tobías cartas para atemorizarme.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. Come, let us meet together in - the plain of Ono - They wished to get him out of Jerusalem from a…
Come, let us meet together in - the plain of Ono - They wished to get him out of Jerusalem from among his friends, that they might either carry him off, or murder him. Ono is supposed to have been in the tribe of Benjamin, near Jordan.
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II. I am doing a great work - Though he knew their design, he does not think it prudent to mention it…
I am doing a great work - Though he knew their design, he does not think it prudent to mention it. Had he done so, they would probably have gone to extremities, finding that they were discovered; and perhaps in a formidable body attacked Jerusalem, when ill provided to sustain such a shock. They wished to effect their purpose rather by treachery than by open violence. I know not any language which a man who is employed on important labors can use more suitably, as an answer to the thousand invitations and provocations he may have to remit his work, enter into useless or trivial conferences, or notice weak, wicked, and malicious attacks on his work and his motives: "I am doing a great work, so I cannot stoop to your nonsense, or notice your malevolence. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to such as you?"
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III. With an open letter in his hand - This was an insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality: as letter…
With an open letter in his hand - This was an insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality: as letters sent to chiefs and governors in the East are always carefully folded up, and put in costly silken bags, and these carefully sealed. The circumstance is thus marked to show the contempt he (Sanballat) had for him.
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IV. And Gashmu saith it - You are accused of crimes against the state, and Geshem, the Arabian, is yo…
And Gashmu saith it - You are accused of crimes against the state, and Geshem, the Arabian, is your accuser.
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V. Thou hast also appointed prophets - Persons who pretend to be commissioned to preach to the peopl…
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.
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VI. There are no such things done - You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore,…
There are no such things done - You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore, trouble myself about a false charge.
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VII. Who was shut up - Lived in a sequestered, solitary state; pretending to sanctity, and to close in…
Who was shut up - Lived in a sequestered, solitary state; pretending to sanctity, and to close intercourse with God.
Let us meet together in the house of God - The meaning is, "Shut yourself up in the temple; appear to have taken sanctuary there, for in it alone can you find safety." This he said to discourage and disgrace him, and to ruin the people; for, had Nehemiah taken his advice, the people would have been without a leader, their enemies would have come upon them at once, and they would have been an easy prey. Besides, had Nehemiah done this, he would have been shut up in the temple, his government would have been declared at an end, and Sanballat would have assumed the reins.
VIII
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VIII. Should such a man as I flee? - Shall I, who am governor of the people, appointed both by God and …
Should such a man as I flee? - Shall I, who am governor of the people, appointed both by God and the king, shall I betray my trust, and leave the flock without a shepherd? Shall I be a traitor, and abandon the office to which I am appointed? - No! Who, in my situation, with such responsibility, and such prospects, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not: I will stand at my post, and be ready to receive my enemies whensoever they come; so let Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem look to themselves.
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IX. And on the prophetess Noadiah - Whether this was a prophet or prophetess, we cannot tell; the Heb…
And on the prophetess Noadiah - Whether this was a prophet or prophetess, we cannot tell; the Hebrew text only makes her a prophetess; all the versions have Noadiah the prophet, except the Arabic which has Younadaa the prophet. I think the ה he at the end of נביאה nebiah is a mistake, and that we should read Noadiah the prophet.
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X. The twenty and fifth - of - Elul - This Jewish month answers to a part of our August and September.
The twenty and fifth - of - Elul - This Jewish month answers to a part of our August and September.
Fifty and two days - I see no difficulty in supposing that several thousand workmen, each of whom was working as for God, should be able to complete this wall in fifty-two days. There is little doubt that several parts of the old wall were entire; in many places the foundations still remained; there were all the materials of the old wall still at hand; and though they had to clear and carry away much rubbish, yet they do not appear to have had any stones to quarry. The work mentioned here was little when compared to what Caesar did in Gaul and other places; and to what Titus did at Jerusalem, who built a wall round Jerusalem of five thousand paces in three days, besides, thirteen towers of ten stadia in circuit. And Quintus Curtius and Arrian inform us that Alexander the Great built the walls of Alexandria, on the Tanais, which were nearly eight miles in compass, in the space of between twenty and thirty days. Nehemiah therefore had time sufficient in fifty-two days to repair and restore the walls of Jerusalem. See Calmet on this place.
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XI. This work was wrought of our God - This is an additional reason why we should not wonder at the s…
This work was wrought of our God - This is an additional reason why we should not wonder at the shortness of the time in which so great a work was done, for God helped them by an especial providence; and this was so very observable, that their carnal enemies could discover it.
XII
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XII. The nobles of Judah sent many letters - The circumstances marked in this and the following verses…
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.
XIII
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XIII. He was the son-in-law of Shechaniah - Previously to the coming of Nehemiah, the Jews seemed to be…
He was the son-in-law of Shechaniah - Previously to the coming of Nehemiah, the Jews seemed to be fast intermixing with the heathen, by intermarriages with Ashdodites, Ammonites, and Moabites; see Neh 13:23. Ezra had many evils of this kind to redress, (Ezr 9:3, etc.), chiefly among the common people, though there were both chiefs and priests in that trespass. But here we find the heathen and Jewish nobles interlinked; and the latter were so far imbued with the spirit of idolatry, that they forgot God, his service, their brethren, and their own souls.
Antiguo Testamento
Nehemiah — Capítulo 6
Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, insidiously desire a conference with Nehemiah, which he refuses, Neh 6:1-4. They then charge him with the design of rebelling, and causing himself to be made king, Neh 6:5-7; which he de…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Cuando oyeron Sanbalat y Tobías y Gesem el árabe, y los demás de nuestros enemigos, que yo había edificado el muro, y que no quedaba en él portillo (aunque hasta aquel tiempo no había puesto las hojas en las puertas),
2Sanbalat y Gesem enviaron a decirme: Ven y reunámonos en alguna de las aldeas en el campo de Ono. Mas ellos habían pensado hacerme mal.
3Y les envié mensajeros, diciendo: Yo hago una gran obra, y no puedo ir; porque cesaría la obra, dejándola yo para ir a vosotros.
4Y enviaron a mí con el mismo asunto hasta cuatro veces, y yo les respondí de la misma manera.
5Entonces Sanbalat envió a mí su criado para decir lo mismo por quinta vez, con una carta abierta en su mano,
6en la cual estaba escrito: Se ha oído entre las naciones, y Gasmu lo dice, que tú y los judíos pensáis rebelaros; y que por eso edificas tú el muro, con la mira, según estas palabras, de ser tú su rey;
7y que has puesto profetas que proclamen acerca de ti en Jerusalén, diciendo: ¡Hay rey en Judá! Y ahora serán oídas del rey las tales palabras; ven, por tanto, y consultemos juntos.
8Entonces envié yo a decirle: No hay tal cosa como dices, sino que de tu corazón tú lo inventas.
9Porque todos ellos nos amedrentaban, diciendo: Se debilitarán las manos de ellos en la obra, y no será terminada. Ahora, pues, oh Dios, fortalece tú mis manos.
10Vine luego a casa de Semaías hijo de Delaía, hijo de Mehetabel, porque él estaba encerrado; el cual me dijo: Reunámonos en la casa de Dios, dentro del templo, y cerremos las puertas del templo, porque vienen para matarte; sí, esta noche vendrán a matarte.
11Entonces dije: ¿Un hombre como yo ha de huir? ¿Y quién, que fuera como yo, entraría al templo para salvarse la vida? No entraré.
12Y entendí que Dios no lo había enviado, sino que hablaba aquella profecía contra mí porque Tobías y Sanbalat lo habían sobornado.
13Porque fue sobornado para hacerme temer así, y que pecase, y les sirviera de mal nombre con que fuera yo infamado.
14Acuérdate, Dios mío, de Tobías y de Sanbalat, conforme a estas cosas que hicieron; también acuérdate de Noadías profetisa, y de los otros profetas que procuraban infundirme miedo.
15Fue terminado, pues, el muro, el veinticinco del mes de Elul, en cincuenta y dos días.
16Y cuando lo oyeron todos nuestros enemigos, temieron todas las naciones que estaban alrededor de nosotros, y se sintieron humillados, y conocieron que por nuestro Dios había sido hecha esta obra.
17Asimismo en aquellos días iban muchas cartas de los principales de Judá a Tobías, y las de Tobías venían a ellos.
18Porque muchos en Judá se habían conjurado con él, porque era yerno de Secanías hijo de Ara; y Johanán su hijo había tomado por mujer a la hija de Mesulam hijo de Berequías.
19También contaban delante de mí las buenas obras de él, y a él le referían mis palabras. Y enviaba Tobías cartas para atemorizarme.
ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. Come, let us meet together in - the plain of Ono - They wished to get him out of Jerusalem from a…
Versículo 3
II. I am doing a great work - Though he knew their design, he does not think it prudent to mention it…
Versículo 5
III. With an open letter in his hand - This was an insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality: as letter…
Versículo 6
IV. And Gashmu saith it - You are accused of crimes against the state, and Geshem, the Arabian, is yo…
Versículo 7
V. Thou hast also appointed prophets - Persons who pretend to be commissioned to preach to the peopl…
Versículo 8
VI. There are no such things done - You well know that what you say is false: I shall not, therefore,…
Versículo 10
VII. Who was shut up - Lived in a sequestered, solitary state; pretending to sanctity, and to close in…
Versículo 11
VIII. Should such a man as I flee? - Shall I, who am governor of the people, appointed both by God and …
Versículo 14
IX. And on the prophetess Noadiah - Whether this was a prophet or prophetess, we cannot tell; the Heb…
Versículo 15
X. The twenty and fifth - of - Elul - This Jewish month answers to a part of our August and September.
Versículo 16
XI. This work was wrought of our God - This is an additional reason why we should not wonder at the s…
Versículo 17
XII. The nobles of Judah sent many letters - The circumstances marked in this and the following verses…
Versículo 18
XIII. He was the son-in-law of Shechaniah - Previously to the coming of Nehemiah, the Jews seemed to be…