Nehemiah 4:13

So I positioned defenders behind the lowest, most vulnerable sections, of the wall. I had them take their positions by families, armed with their swords, spears, and bows.

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In The King James Version

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

In Context

12The Jews who lived close by came and told us over and over again, “They're going to attack us from all directions!”

14After inspecting our defenses, I stood up and addressed the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, saying, “Don't be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is powerful and formidable! Fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes!”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:2When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to attack Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 6:3So I sent messengers to tell them, “I'm busy with important work and I can't come down. Why should I stop what I'm doing and leave it to come and see you?”

Song of Solomon 3:7Look, it's Solomon's sedan chair, accompanied by sixty of Israel's best warriors.

1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers and sisters, don't think like children. Be as innocent as babies in regard to evil, but be grown up in your understanding.

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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