Nehemiah 4:8
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
In Context
9But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
2 Chronicles 32:7Be strong and of a good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there is a greater with us than with him:
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples imagine a vain thing?
Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar; O ye peoples, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Daniel 9:25Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks: and threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.
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 →