John Trapp on Nehemiah 2:9

Verſ. 9. Then I came to the Governours] Joſephus ſaith, that the next day he took his journey and delivered his letters to Saddeus Governour of Syria, Phoenicia and Samaria. A ſtrange example, ſaith one, to ſee a Courtier leave that wealth, eaſe and authority that he was in, and go dwell ſo far from Court in an old, Torn, and decayed City, among a rude poor people, where he ſhould not live quietly, but toyl and drudge like a day-labourer, in dread and danger of his life. But this is the caſe of earneſt, and zealous men in Religion, &c.

Now the King had ſent Captains] This was more then Nehemiah had deſired: and as much as he could have done for the greateſt Lord in the Land. God is likewiſe uſually better to his people, than their prayers: and when they ask but one talent, he (Naaman-like) will force them to take two.