Nehemiah 4:20

In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God shall fight for vs.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

19Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great and large, and we are separated vpon the wall, one farre from another.

21So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning, till the starres came foorth.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The Lord shall fight for you: therefore hold you your peace.

Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God, who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did vnto you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 20:4For ye Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, and to saue you

1 Chronicles 19:12And he saide, If Aram be too strong for me, then thou shalt succour me: and if the children of Ammon preuaile against thee, then I wil succour 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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