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1 # But it came to pass, that when Sanballat <05571> heard <08085> (8804) that we builded <01129> (8802) the wall <02346>, he was wroth <02734> (8799), and took great <07235> (8687) indignation <03707> (8799), and mocked <03932> (8686) the Jews <03064>.
2 And he spake <0559> (8799) before <06440> his brethren <0251> and the army <02428> of Samaria <08111> , and said <0559> (8799), What do <06213> (8802) these feeble <0537> Jews <03064>? will they fortify <05800> (8799) themselves? will they sacrifice <02076> (8799)? will they make an end <03615> (8762) in a day <03117>? will they revive <02421> (8762) the stones <068> out of the heaps <06194> of the rubbish <06083> which are burned <08313> (8803)?
3 Now Tobiah <02900> the Ammonite <05984> was by him <0681>, and he said <0559> (8799), Even that which they build <01129> (8802), if a fox <07776> go up <05927> (8799), he shall even break down <06555> (8804) their stone <068> wall <02346>.
4 Hear <08085> (8798), O our God <0430>; for we are despised <0939>: and turn <07725> (8685) their reproach <02781> upon their own head <07218>, and give <05414> (8798) them for a prey <0961> in the land <0776> of captivity <07633>:
5 And cover <03680> (8762) not their iniquity <05771>, and let not their sin <02403> be blotted out <04229> (8735) from before <06440> thee: for they have provoked thee to anger <03707> (8689) before the builders <01129> (8802).
6 So built <01129> (8799) we the wall <02346>; and all the wall <02346> was joined together <07194> (8735) unto the half <02677> thereof: for the people <05971> had a mind <03820> to work <06213> (8800).
7 # But it came to pass, that when Sanballat <05571>, and Tobiah <02900>, and the Arabians <06163>, and the Ammonites <05984> , and the Ashdodites <0796>, heard <08085> (8804) that the walls <02346> of Jerusalem <03389> were made up <0724> <05927> (8804), and that the breaches <06555> (8803) began <02490> (8689) to be stopped <05640> (8736) , then they were very <03966> wroth <02734> (8799),
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8 And conspired <07194> (8799) all of them together <03162> to come <0935> (8800) and to fight <03898> (8736) against Jerusalem <03389>, and to hinder <06213> (8800) <08442> it.
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer <06419> (8691) unto our God <0430>, and set <05975> (8686) a watch <04929> against them day <03119> and night <03915>, because <06440> of them.
10 And Judah <03063> said <0559> (8799), The strength <03581> of the bearers of burdens <05449> is decayed <03782> (8804), and there is much <07235> (8687) rubbish <06083>; so that we are not able <03201> (8799) to build <01129> (8800) the wall <02346>.
11 And our adversaries <06862> said <0559> (8799), They shall not know <03045> (8799), neither see <07200> (8799), till we come <0935> (8799) in the midst <08432> among <08432> them, and slay <02026> (8804) them, and cause the work <04399> to cease <07673> (8689).
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews <03064> which dwelt <03427> (8802) by them <0681> came <0935> (8804), they said <0559> (8799) unto us ten <06235> times <06471>, From all places <04725> whence ye shall return <07725> (8799) unto us they will be upon you.
13 Therefore set <05975> (8686) I in the lower <08482> places <04725> behind <0310> the wall <02346> , and on the higher places <06706> (8675) <06708>, I even set <05975> (8686) the people <05971> after their families <04940> with their swords <02719>, their spears <07420>, and their bows <07198>.
14 And I looked <07200> (8799), and rose up <06965> (8799), and said <0559> (8799) unto the nobles <02715>, and to the rulers <05461>, and to the rest <03499> of the people <05971>, Be not ye afraid <03372> (8799) of them <06440>: remember <02142> (8798) the Lord <0136>, which is great <01419> and terrible <03372> (8737), and fight <03898> (8734) for your brethren <0251>, your sons <01121>, and your daughters <01323>, your wives <0802>, and your houses <01004>.
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies <0341> (8802) heard <08085> (8804) that it was known <03045> (8738) unto us, and God <0430> had brought <06565> <00> their counsel <06098> to nought <06565> (8686), that we returned <07725> (8799) all of us to the wall <02346>, every one <0376> unto his work <04399>.
16 # And it came to pass from that time <03117> forth, that the half <02677> of my servants <05288> wrought <06213> (8802) in the work <04399>, and the other half <02677> of them held <02388> (8688) both the spears <07420>, the shields <04043>, and the bows <07198>, and the habergeons <08302>; and the rulers <08269> were behind <0310> all the house <01004> of Judah <03063>.
17 They which builded <01129> (8802) on the wall <02346>, and they that bare <05375> (8802) burdens <05447> , with those that laded <06006> (8802), every one with one <0259> of his hands <03027> wrought <06213> (8802) in the work <04399>, and with the other <0259> hand held <02388> (8688) a weapon <07973>.
18 For the builders <01129> (8802), every one <0376> had his sword <02719> girded <0631> (8803) by his side <04975>, and so builded <01129> (8802). And he that sounded <08628> (8802) the trumpet <07782> was by me <0681>.
19 And I said <0559> (8799) unto the nobles <02715>, and to the rulers <05461>, and to the rest <03499> of the people <05971>, The work <04399> is great <07235> (8687) and large <07342>, and we are separated <06504> (8737) upon the wall <02346>, one <0376> far from <07350> another <0251>.
20 In what place <04725> therefore ye hear <08085> (8799) the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, resort <06908> (8735) ye thither unto us: our God <0430> shall fight <03898> (8735) for us.
21 So we laboured <06213> (8802) in the work <04399>: and half <02677> of them held <02388> (8688) the spears <07420> from the rising <05927> (8800) of the morning <07837> till the stars <03556> appeared <03318> (8800) .
22 Likewise at the same time <06256> said <0559> (8804) I unto the people <05971>, Let every one <0376> with his servant <05288> lodge <03885> (8799) within <08432> Jerusalem <03389>, that in the night <03915> they may be a guard <04929> to us, and labour <04399> on the day <03117>.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren <0251>, nor my servants <05288>, nor the men <0582> of the guard <04929> which followed <0310> me, none of us <0587> put off <06584> (8802) our clothes <0899>, saving that every one <0376> put them off <07973> for washing <04325>.