1. But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2. And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3. Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4. Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5. And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6. So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
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 much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15. And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
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 built on the wall, and they that bore 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 his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19. And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21. So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22. Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor on the day.
23. So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Prev 
List 
Next 371 of 1253: and i
Prev 
List 
Next 13 of 40: and i said
Prev 
List 
Next 9 of 16: and i said unto
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: and i said unto the
Prev 
List 
Next 6 of 11: by me and
Prev 
List 
Next 279 of 676: me and
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 4: by me and i
Prev 
List 
Next 31 of 90: me and i
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 5: me and i said
Prev 
List 
Next 28 of 127: i said
Prev 
List 
Next 17 of 39: i said unto
Prev 
List 
Next 6 of 10: i said unto the
Prev 
List 
Next 996 of 1649: said unto
Prev 
List 
Next 120 of 156: said unto the
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: said unto the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 1258 of 2032: unto the
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: unto the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 9 of 19: the nobles
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 6: the nobles and
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: the nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 9: nobles and
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: nobles and to the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 373 of 839: and to
Prev 
List 
Next 76 of 168: and to the
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 4: and to the rulers
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: and to the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 950 of 2198: to the
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 5: to the rulers
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: to the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 15 of 38: the rulers
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 7: the rulers and
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: the rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 12: rulers and
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: rulers and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 374 of 839: and to
Prev 
List 
Next 77 of 168: and to the
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 4: and to the rest of
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: and to the rest of the
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: and to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 951 of 2198: to the
Prev 
List 
Next 5 of 7: to the rest
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 4: to the rest of
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 3: to the rest of the
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: to the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 90 of 120: the rest
Prev 
List 
Next 79 of 97: the rest of
Prev 
List 
Next 69 of 84: the rest of the
Prev 
List 
Next 8 of 12: the rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: the rest of the people the
Prev 
List 
Next 79 of 97: rest of
Prev 
List 
Next 69 of 84: rest of the
Prev 
List 
Next 8 of 12: rest of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: rest of the people the
Prev 
List 
Next 6113 of 11517: of the
Prev 
List 
Next 109 of 204: of the people
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 4: of the people the
Prev 
List 
Next 735 of 1218: the people
Prev 
List 
Next 9 of 18: the people the
Prev 
List 
Next 12 of 35: people the
Prev 
List 
Next 82 of 159: the work
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: the work is great
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 9: work is
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 2: work is great
Prev 
List 
Next 7 of 31: is great
Prev 
List 
Next 4 of 8: is great and
Prev 
List 
Next 38 of 86: great and
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 4: and large
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 3: large and
Prev 
List 
Next 76 of 165: and we
Prev 
List 
Next 2 of 11: and we are
Prev 
List 
Next 34 of 151: we are
Prev 
List 
Next 1 of 2: are separated
Prev 
List 
Next 513 of 943: upon the
Prev 
List 
Next 5 of 13: upon the wall
Prev 
List 
Next 73 of 135: the wall
Prev 
List 
Next 16 of 65: far from
Prev 
List 
Next 3 of 10: from another
Prev 
List 
Next 7 of 13: another in