Nehemiah 4:20

Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”

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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

19I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

21So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Deuteronomy 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 20:4for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

1 Chronicles 19:12He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help 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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