Nehemiah 2:2
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| Overview - Nehemiah 2 | |
| 1 | Artaxerxes, understanding the cause of Nehemiah's sadness, sends him with letters and commission to Jerusalem. |
| 9 | Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, comes to Jerusalem. |
| 12 | He views secretly the ruins of the walls. |
| 17 | He incites the Jews to build. |
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Nehemiah 2:2 (King James Version)
Wherefore 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,
- Why is thy
- Genesis 40:7
- sorrow
- Proverbs 15:13
- Then I
- Probably the king spoke as if he had some suspicion that Nehemiah harboured some bad design, and that his face indicated some conceived treachery, or remorse; and, indeed, the words rendered sad, and sorrow of heart, might be rendered evil, and wickedness of heart.