‘Negative Thinking’ about Food and Wine? (5:14-15)
Nehemiah 5:14 ESV
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
‘Negative Thinking’ about Houses and Lands? (5:16)
Nehemiah 5:16 “I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.”
• ‘Negative Thinking’ about Taxes and Tributes (5:17-18)t