Nehemiah 2:8

forest = park. Hebrew. pardes. A Persian word which occurs only here, Ecclesiastes 2:5 , and Song of Solomon 4:13 , where it is rendered "orchards". Septuagint renders it "paradise", which occurs twenty-eight times: (nine times = Eden, nineteen times = garden, Hebrew. gan .)

wall. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "walls" (plural) These walls are the main subject of Nehemiah's section of the joint book.

that I shall enter into: or, whereunto I shall come.

hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Also put by Figure of speech Metonymy for God's purpose (Acts 4:28 , Acts 4:30 ); power (1 Chronicles 29:16 ), &c.