Teks -- Nehemiah 6:7 (NET)

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce in Jerusalem on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.”

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Wesley: Neh 6:7 - A king

We have now a king of our nation.

Wesley: Neh 6:7 - Counsel

That we may impartially examine the matter, that thy innocency may be cleared.

JFB: Neh 6:5-9 - Then sent Sanballat his servant . . . the fifth time with an open letter in his hand

In Western Asia, letters, after being rolled up like a map, are flattened to the breadth of an inch; and instead of being sealed, they are pasted at the ends. In Eastern Asia, the Persians make up their letters in the form of a roll about six inches long, and a bit of paper is fastened round it with gum, and sealed with an impression of ink, which resembles our printers' ink, but it is not so thick. Letters were, and are still, sent to persons of distinction in a bag or purse, and even to equals they are enclosed--the tie being made with a colored ribbon. But to inferiors, or persons who are to be treated contemptuously, the letters were sent open--that is, not enclosed in a bag. Nehemiah, accustomed to the punctillious ceremonial of the Persian court, would at once notice the want of the usual formality and know that it was from designed disrespect. The strain of the letter was equally insolent. It was to this effect: The fortifications with which he was so busy were intended to strengthen his position in the view of a meditated revolt: he had engaged prophets to incite the people to enter into his design and support his claim to be their native king; and, to stop the circulation of such reports, which would soon reach the court, he was earnestly besought to come to the wished-for conference. Nehemiah, strong in the consciousness of his own integrity, and penetrating the purpose of this shallow artifice, replied that there were no rumors of the kind described, that the idea of a revolt and the stimulating addresses of hired demagogues were stories of the writer's own invention, and that he declined now, as formerly, to leave his work.

Clarke: Neh 6:7 - Thou hast also appointed prophets

Thou hast also appointed prophets - Persons who pretend to be commissioned to preach to the people, and say, Nehemiah reigneth

Clarke: Neh 6:7 - Come now therefore, and let us take counsel

Come now therefore, and let us take counsel - Come and justify yourself before me. This was a trick to get Nehemiah into his power.

TSK: Neh 6:7 - appointed // a king // Come now

appointed : Neh 6:12, Neh 6:13

a king : 2Sa 15:10-12; 1Ki 1:7, 1Ki 1:18, 1Ki 1:25, 1Ki 1:34

Come now : Pro 26:24-26; Act 23:15

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Neh 6:7 - There is a king in Judah

There is a king in Judah we have now a king of our own nation, and are free from the bondage of a foreign yoke. Let us take counsel together, that we may impartially examine the matter, that either thy innocency may be cleared, and false accusations may be prevented; or if thou art guilty, the king may be informed.

Haydock: Neh 6:7 - Prophets // Together

Prophets. This was false; though, no doubt, the true prophets who lived at that time, would promote the laudable undertakings of Nehemias. (Haydock) ---

To counteract their influence, the enemies hired Semaia and Noadias, ver. 10., and 14. ---

Together, that thou mayst clear thyself; (Vatable) or that we may repress these rumors, lest the king should suspect us of any connivance. The first sense appears to be preferable. Nehemias did not take the information as a piece of civility. (Calmet) ---

The enemies left it ambiguous, whether they would not join their forces with his, in case he meant to revolt. (Menochius)

Gill: Neh 6:7 - And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem // saying, there is a king in Judah // and now shall it be reported to the king, according to these words // come now, therefore, and let us take counsel together

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,.... This he said to cover what he and Tobiah had been doing, tampering with, corrupting, and hiring the prophets to discourage him, and put him upon methods, whereby the work would cease:

saying, there is a king in Judah; besides Artaxerxes, whose yoke they were casting off, having got a king of their own, and among them:

and now shall it be reported to the king, according to these words; such a report as this, and in those very words, will soon reach the ears of the king of Persia:

come now, therefore, and let us take counsel together; contrive the best method to put a stop to this report, if a false one, and to wipe off the reproach that is upon thee, and may affect us; and thus partly terrifying him, and partly pretending friendship to him, hoped to get him into his hands.