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Scholarly and accessible, 1 Chronicles–Job is a comprehensive and succinct commentary that guides users to the text’s core meaning. With enhanced ease-of-use features, specialized discussion of key words and concepts, and each commentator’s point-of-view on the text’s implications for life, it is a vital resource for every preacher, teacher, and student of the Bible.

came into the king’s presence did so with great deference, placing the right hand with palm facing the mouth so as not to defile the king with one’s breath (cf. R. Ghirshman, The Art of Ancient Iran [New York: Golden, 1964], 205–6; R. N. Frye, “Gestures of Deference to Royalty in Ancient Iran,” Iranica Antiqua 9 [1972]: 102–7). Regardless of one’s personal problems, the king’s servants were expected to keep their feelings hidden and to display a cheerful countenance before him. So far Nehemiah had
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