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Nehemiah 6:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 6:16

Verse 16 of 19

Scripture focus

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], and all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

Nehemiah 6:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 6:16

Theological / Devotional

Our enemies. Sanballat and the Samaritans, Tobiah and the Ammonites, Geshem and the Arabians, and the Ashdodites (see chapter 4:7) are the special “enemies” here meant. The “heathen that were about” the Jews were other nations living in Palestine, Transjordan and Syria. Even some of these were unfriendly and disliked any advancement of Jewish power and prosperity. The hatred against the Jews that existed in certain circles during the time of Xerxes, as indicated by the events described in the book of Esther, was still alive, and, as history reveals, has never died.

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