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Bible Book: Nehemiah
Bible Book Code: 1600201901
Scene no: 5 of 6

Bible Reference & Cartoon Description

Nehemiah 2:19-20 (ANIV)
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”
20 I answered them by saying, “The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.”

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified by the Bible narrative, I have set this scene in the mid afternoon.

LIGHTING NOTES:
The sun (unseen, on the left (west)), illuminates this scene, casting shadows below and to the right.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
On the left hand side (from left to right): An un-named Persian spearman, Geshem the Arab, Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official.
On the right hand side( behind the broken walls of Jerusalem): Nehemiah son of Hacaliah (with his hand raised in defiance) and various un-named Hebrew people.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This picture shows the opponents of the Hebrew people standing on the left, represented by 4 figures. No doubt there would have been many more in their party.

On the right, behind the broken walls of Jerusalem stands Nehemiah, with a host of other Hebrew people.

Here’s the scene without the figures or donkey included.

Background of Nehemiah 02 – Nehemiah inspects Jerusalem’s walls – Scene 05 – Nehemiah’s rebuke

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Bible Cartoon: Nehemiah 02 – Nehemiah inspects Jerusalem’s walls – Scene 05 – Nehemiah’s rebuke

Geshem the Arab, “Ally of Sanballat and Tobiah and adversary of Nehemiah (Neh. ii. 19, vi. 1). In Neh. vi. 6 he is called “Gashmu,” which is probably more correct, as an Arab tribe named “Gushamu” is known (Cook, “Aramaic Glossary,” s.v. ). When Nehemiah proceeded to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, the Samaritans and the Arabs made efforts to hinder him. Geshem or Gashmu, who probably was the chief of the Arabs, joined theSamaritans and accused Nehemiah of conspiracy against the Persian king.”
[Source: https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6639-geshem-the-arabian]

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Bible Doctrine Notes
2:20 HUMANITY, Work (2.43G)
The Hebrew expression in this verse contains the idea that it is the Lord God who will bring the proper conclusion to the work of the people. Although they are committed to God, to labour for God, the end result is ultimately God’s responsibility to bring about. The worker is responsible for being faithful to a commitment to God, leaving the end results to Him.