Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The attempt to rebuild the wall in the time of the Pseudo-Smerdis Ezra 4:12-24 had been stopped. It still remained in ruins. The Assyrian sculptures show that it was the usual practice to burn the gates.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Nehemiah 1:3:
Daniel 9:25
Zechariah 1:11
Zechariah 2:4
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