Nehemiah 4:13

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

In Context

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

14בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת ־ קוֹל הַשּׁוֹפָר שָׁמָּה תִּקָּבְצוּ אֵלֵינוּ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יִלָּחֶם לָֽנוּ ׃

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:2וַיַּרְא יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ כִּי ־ בָא סַנְחֵרִיב וּפָנָיו לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל ־ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

Nehemiah 6:3וָאֶשְׁלְחָה עֲלֵיהֶם מַלְאָכִים לֵאמֹר מְלָאכָה גְדוֹלָה אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה וְלֹא אוּכַל לָרֶדֶת לָמָּה תִשְׁבַּת הַמְּלָאכָה כַּאֲשֶׁר אַרְפֶּהָ וְיָרַדְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶֽם ׃

Song of Solomon 3:7הִנֵּה מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹה שִׁשִּׁים גִּבֹּרִים סָבִיב לָהּ מִגִּבֹּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

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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