Charles Ellicott Commentary Nehemiah 6:14

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Nehemiah 6:14

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Nehemiah 6:14

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear." — Nehemiah 6:14 (ASV)

Think thou upon Tobiah. —This appeal to God is to be understood as an official prophetic prayer. Nehemiah puts God’s own cause into God’s own hands. The mention of the name of Noadiah, nowhere else referred to, shows the circumstantial nature of the narrative, and is an indirect evidence of its truth.