‏ Nehemiah 4:1-6

Sanballat Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19; Ezra 4:1-5; Acts 5:17

mocked Ps 35:15-16, Ps 44:13-14; Matt 27:29; Heb 11:36

the army Ezra 4:9-10

feeble 1Sam 14:11-12, 1Sam 17:43-44; Zech 12:8; 1Cor 1:27

fortify themselves Heb. leave to themselves

sacrifice Neh 12:27, Neh 12:43

revive Neh 4:10; Ezek 37:3-13; Hab 3:2

Tobiah Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19, Neh 6:1; 1Kgs 20:10, 1Kgs 20:18; 2Kgs 18:23

Hear Ps 123:3-4

despised Heb. despite

turn 1Sam 17:26; Ps 79:12; Prov 3:34; Hos 12:14

cover not Ps 59:5-13, Ps 69:27, Ps 109:14; Jer 18:23; 2Tim 4:14

their sin Ps 51:1, Ps 51:9; Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22

before the builders Isa 36:11-12

and all the wall That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.

for the people The original is very emphatic, wyhee laiv leam laasoth, "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.

had a mind Neh 6:15; 1Chr 29:3, 1Chr 29:14, 1Chr 29:17-18; 2Chr 29:36; Ps 110:3; 2Cor 8:16-17; Phil 2:13; Heb 13:21

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