Nehemiah 4:8
(4-2) and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:29Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
2 Chronicles 32:7'Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a Greater with us than with him:
Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?
Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Daniel 9:25Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed, a prince, shall be seven weeks; and for threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with broad place and moat, but in troublous times.
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 →