Nehemiah 6:17

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the nobles: Nehemiah 3:5, Nehemiah 5:7, Nehemiah 13:28, Micah 7:1-6, Matthew 24:10-12

sent many letters unto Tobiah: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:4 - allied Proverbs 11:13 - revealeth Jeremiah 29:25 - Because Jeremiah 41:10 - to the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, in those days,.... While the wall was building:

the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them; letters passed between them frequently, they informing him how things went on at Jerusalem, and he advising them to what was detrimental to the true interest of their nation; such false friends had Nehemiah about him, and yet the work succeeded under him; which showed it the more to be of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. 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.