Nehemiah 4:8

And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.

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In The King James Version

And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

In Context

7But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;

9But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:29Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

2 Chronicles 32:7Be strong and take heart; have no fear, and do not be troubled on account of the king of Assyria and all the great army with him: for there is a greater with us.

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

Isaiah 8:9Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:

Daniel 9:25Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:8-16

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is… Read the whole commentary →

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