Nehemiah 4:20

in the place that you hear the voice of the horn there you are gathered to us; our God fights for us.”

Literal Standard Version

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

19And I say to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of the people, “The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off from one another;

21And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn until the coming forth of the stars.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14YHWH fights for you, and you keep silent.”

Deuteronomy 1:30your God YHWH, who is going before you—He fights for you, according to all that He has done with you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 20:4for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save you.

1 Chronicles 19:12And he says, “If Aram is stronger than me, then you have been for salvation to me; and if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, then I have saved you;

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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