Nehemiah 4:20

Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

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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 great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:

21So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.

Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

Deuteronomy 20:4For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

1 Chronicles 19:12And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

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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