Nehemiah 4:20

(4:14) In what place [then] ye hear the sound of the cornet, thither must ye assemble unto us: our God will fight for us.

Leeser Tanakh

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

19(4:13) And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extensive, and we are separated upon the wall, distant one from another.

21(4:15) So we labored at the work, while the half of them were holding the spears from the rising of the morning-dawn till the stars appeared.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God who goeth before you, he it is who will fight for you; all just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

Deuteronomy 20:4For the Lord your God it is who goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to help you.

1 Chronicles 19:12And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then shalt thou bring me help; but if the children of 'Ammon be too strong for thee, then will I help thee.

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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