Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:8

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:8 - 2:8

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 2:8 - 2:8

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2:8 - 2:8
2:9 - 2:9
2:10 - 2:10
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2:17 - 2:17
2:18 - 2:18
2:19 - 2:19

forest = park. Hebrew. pardes. A Persian word which occurs only here, Ecc_2:5, and Son_4:13, where it is rendered "orchards". Septuagint renders it "paradise", which occurs twenty-eight times: (nine times = Eden, nineteen times = garden, Hebrew. gan.)

wall. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "walls" (plural) These walls are the main subject of Nehemiah's section of the joint book.

that I shall enter into: or, whereunto I shall come.

hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Also put by Figure of speech Metonymy for God's purpose (Act_4:28, Act_4:30); power (1Ch_29:16), &c.