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NASB | Nehemiah 2:2 So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Nehemiah 2:2 So the king said to me, "Why do you look sad when you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very frightened, |
Bible Question:
Why was Nehemiah afraid in 2:2? |
Bible Answer: Hi Tdenison, Here is a quote from MacArthur's Study Bible. 2:2, dreadfully afraid. He feared that either his countenance, his explanation, or his request would anger the king and thus lead to his death. (cf. Esth. 4:11 with 5:1-3). End of quote. Esther 4:11, "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days." In Esther 5:2 the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand, and she touched the top of the scepter. In passing, (since there are no nouns or pronouns of Deity in Esther :)) I can only say that Esther is a great book to study petitions and requests and further petitions and answers; even when we do not see God in them. Of course, in Nehemiah we can see that his voice was praying to the God of heaven. Nehemiah 1:4ff. Nehemiah 2:4, "Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven." Nehemiah saw that the good hand of his God was on him; even that God was putting things into his mind and heart. He knew also that his God would fight for him in the work. Nehemiah 4:20, 6:16, and Exodus 14:13, 14. From the heart, Ray |
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