Nehemiah 4:20

in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

19And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, 'The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

21And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

Deuteronomy 1:30Jehovah your God, who is going before you — He doth fight for you, according to all that He hath done with you in Egypt before your eyes,

Deuteronomy 20:4for Jehovah your God [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies — to save you.

1 Chronicles 19:12And he saith, 'If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation; and if the sons of Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have saved 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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