Nehemiah 4:20

In whatever place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, gather ye there to us, our God will fight for us.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

In Context

19And I said to the ranking men, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

21So we labored in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14LORD will fight for you, and ye shall keep silent.

Deuteronomy 1:30LORD your God who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 20:4For LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

1 Chronicles 19:12And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shall help me, but if the sons of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:17-23

The Precautions of Nehemiah. ( b. c. 445.) 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by… Read the whole commentary →

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