Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:6

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:6 - 2:6

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:6 - 2:6

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the queen. Hebrew. ha-shegal = wife. Occurs only here and in Psa_45:9. Dan_5:2, Dan_5:3, Dan_5:23. Not a Hebrew word, but borrowed from the Akkadian sha = a bride, and gal = great. Used of a foreign queen. Here it would exactly suit "the great bride" or "foreign (Jewish) queen", Esther. (See notes on the Chronological Structure of Ezra-Nehemiah, p. 618.) Esther is introduced here (parenthetically) because of her sympathy and interest, which Nehemiah so greatly needed at this juncture, as Mordecai had needed it before (Est_4:14).

sitting. Not reclining.

by = close to.

it pleased the king. The fruit of Nehemiah's prayer (Neh_2:4).