Passage Research
Nehemiah 2 — Sermon Preparation
Nehemiah requests permission from Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem's walls, receives it with royal letters, travels to the city, and surveys the damage by night. Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 370 / 142
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Nehemiah 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שַׁעַר | shaʻar | H8179 | 8 | opening, door |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2895 | 6 | good |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 6 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| נָתַן | nâthan | H5414 | 7 | give, put |
| אִגֶּרֶת | ʼiggereth | H107 | 3 | epistle |
| חוֹמָה | chôwmâh | H2346 | 4 | wall |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 4 | build |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The enmity of the serpent's seed against the cause of Christ is confined to no age or nation. The application to ourselves is plain. The church of God asks for our help. Is it not desolate, and exposed to assaults? Does the consideration of its low estate cause you any grief? Let not business, pleasure, or the support of a party so engage attention, as that Zion and her welfare shall be nothing to you.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Nehemiah 2:19–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Neh 2:11
- Dragon Spring— Neh 2:13
- Dung Gate— Neh 2:13
- Valley Gate— Neh 2:13
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