1But when Sanballat heard that we were building…
2He spoke before his brothers and the army…
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and…
4“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn…
5Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin…
6So we built the wall; and all the…
7But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites,…
8and they all conspired together to come and…
9But we made our prayer to our God,…
10Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of…
11Our adversaries said, “They will not know or…
12When the Jews who lived by them came,…
13Therefore I set guards in the lowest parts…
14I looked, and rose up, and said to…
15When our enemies heard that it was known…
16From that time forth, half of my servants…
17Those who built the wall, and those who…
18Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at…
19I said to the nobles, and to the…
20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet,…
21So we did the work. Half of the…
22Likewise at the same time I said to…
23So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my…
