Nehemiah 4:8
And they all gathered together, so that they might go forth and fight against Jerusalem, and so that they might prepare ambushes.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
In Context
9And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:29And I said to you: ‘Do not be apprehensive, nor should you fear them.
2 Chronicles 32:7“Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid. Neither should you dread the king of the Assyrians and the entire multitude that is with him. For many more are with us than with him.
Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Isaiah 8:9O people, gather together, and be conquered! All distant lands, listen! Be strengthened, and be conquered! Gird yourselves, and be conquered!
Daniel 9:25Therefore, know and take heed: from the going forth of the word to build up Jerusalem again, until the Christ leader, there will be seven weeks of years, and sixty-two weeks of years; and the wide path will be built again, and the walls, in a time of anguish.
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 →