Nehemiah 4:11

הַבּוֹנִים בַּחוֹמָה וְהַנֹּשְׂאִים בַּסֶּבֶל עֹמְשִׂים בְּאַחַת יָדוֹ עֹשֶׂה בַמְּלָאכָה וְאַחַת מַחֲזֶקֶת הַשָּֽׁלַח ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

In Context

10וַיְהִי ׀ מִן ־ הַיּוֹם הַהוּא חֲצִי נְעָרַי עֹשִׂים בַּמְּלָאכָה וְחֶצְיָם מַחֲזִיקִים וְהָרְמָחִים הַמָּגִנִּים וְהַקְּשָׁתוֹת וְהַשִּׁרְיֹנִים וְהַשָּׂרִים אַחֲרֵי כָּל ־ בֵּית יְהוּדָֽה ׃

12וְהַבּוֹנִים אִישׁ חַרְבּוֹ אֲסוּרִים עַל ־ מָתְנָיו וּבוֹנִים וְהַתּוֹקֵעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָר אֶצְלִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Judges 20:29וַיָּשֶׂם יִשְׂרָאֵל אֹֽרְבִים אֶל ־ הַגִּבְעָה סָבִֽיב ׃ פ

Psalms 56:6כָּל ־ הַיּוֹם דְּבָרַי יְעַצֵּבוּ עָלַי כָּל ־ מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לָרָֽע ׃

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 →

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