Nehemiah 4:12

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

In Context

11הַבּוֹנִים בַּחוֹמָה וְהַנֹּשְׂאִים בַּסֶּבֶל עֹמְשִׂים בְּאַחַת יָדוֹ עֹשֶׂה בַמְּלָאכָה וְאַחַת מַחֲזֶקֶת הַשָּֽׁלַח ׃

13וָאֹמַר אֶל ־ הַחֹרִים וְאֶל ־ הַסְּגָנִים וְאֶל ־ יֶתֶר הָעָם הַמְּלָאכָה הַרְבֵּה וּרְחָבָה וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִפְרָדִים עַל ־ הַחוֹמָה רְחוֹקִים אִישׁ מֵאָחִֽיו ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 31:41זֶה ־ לִּי עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה בְּבֵיתֶךָ עֲבַדְתִּיךָ אַרְבַּֽע ־ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בִּשְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים בְּצֹאנֶךָ וַתַּחֲלֵף אֶת ־ מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִֽים ׃

Job 19:3זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא ־ תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ ־ לִֽי ׃

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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