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1. But it came to pass,[H1961] that when[H834] Sanballat[H5571] heard[H8085] that[H3588] we[H587] built[H1129] [H853] the wall,[H2346] he was wroth,[H2734] and took great indignation,[H7235] [H3707] and mocked[H3932] [H5921] the Jews.[H3064]

2. And he spoke[H559] before[H6440] his brethren[H251] and the army[H2428] of Samaria,[H8111] and said,[H559] What[H4100] do[H6213] these feeble[H537] Jews?[H3064] will they fortify[H5800] themselves? will they sacrifice?[H2076] will they make an end[H3615] in a day?[H3117] will they revive[H2421] [H853] the stones[H68] out of the heaps[H4480] [H6194] of the rubbish[H6083] which[H1992] are burned?[H8313]

3. Now Tobiah[H2900] the Ammonite[H5984] was by[H681] him, and he said,[H559] Even[H1571] that which[H834] they[H1992] build,[H1129] if[H518] a fox[H7776] go up,[H5927] he shall even break down[H6555] their stone[H68] wall.[H2346]

4. Hear,[H8085] O our God;[H430] for[H3588] we are[H1961] despised:[H939] and turn[H7725] their reproach[H2781] upon[H413] their own head,[H7218] and give[H5414] them for a prey[H961] in the land[H776] of captivity: [H7633]

5. And cover[H3680] [H5921] not[H408] their iniquity,[H5771] and let not[H408] their sin[H2403] be blotted out[H4229] from before[H4480] [H6440] thee: for[H3588] they have provoked thee to anger[H3707] before[H5048] the builders.[H1129]

6. So built[H1129] we[H853] the wall;[H2346] and all[H3605] the wall[H2346] was joined together[H7194] unto[H5704] the half[H2677] thereof: for the people[H5971] had[H1961] a mind[H3820] to work.[H6213]

7. But it came to pass,[H1961] that when[H834] Sanballat,[H5571] and Tobiah,[H2900] and the Arabians,[H6163] and the Ammonites,[H5984] and the Ashdodites,[H796] heard[H8085] that[H3588] the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389] were made up,[H5927] [H724] and that[H3588] the breaches[H6555] began[H2490] to be stopped,[H5640] then they were very[H3966] wroth,[H2734]

8. And conspired[H7194] all[H3605] of them together[H3162] to come[H935] and to fight[H3898] against Jerusalem,[H3389] and to hinder[H6213] [H8442] it.

9. Nevertheless we made our prayer[H6419] unto[H413] our God,[H430] and set[H5975] a watch[H4929] against[H5921] them day[H3119] and night,[H3915] because of[H4480] [H6440] them.

10. And Judah[H3063] said,[H559] The strength[H3581] of the bearers of burdens[H5449] is decayed,[H3782] and there is much[H7235] rubbish;[H6083] so that we[H587] are not[H3808] able[H3201] to build[H1129] the wall.[H2346]

11. And our adversaries[H6862] said,[H559] They shall not[H3808] know,[H3045] neither[H3808] see,[H7200] till[H5704] [H834] we come[H935] in[H413] the midst among[H8432] them, and slay[H2026] them, and cause[H853] the work[H4399] to cease.[H7673]

12. And it came to pass,[H1961] that when[H834] the Jews[H3064] which dwelt[H3427] by[H681] them came,[H935] they said[H559] unto us ten[H6235] times,[H6471] From all[H4480] [H3605] places[H4725] whence[H834] ye shall return[H7725] unto[H5921] us they will be upon you.

13. Therefore set[H5975] I in the lower[H4480] [H8482] places[H4725] behind[H4480] [H310] the wall,[H2346] and on the higher places,[H6706] I even set[H5975] [H853] the people[H5971] after their families[H4940] with[H5973] their swords,[H2719] their spears,[H7420] and their bows.[H7198]

14. And I looked,[H7200] and rose up,[H6965] and said[H559] unto[H413] the nobles,[H2715] and to[H413] the rulers,[H5461] and to[H413] the rest[H3499] of the people,[H5971] Be not[H408] ye afraid[H3372] of[H4480] [H6440] them: remember[H2142] [H853] the Lord,[H136] which is great[H1419] and terrible,[H3372] and fight[H3898] for[H5921] your brethren,[H251] your sons,[H1121] and your daughters,[H1323] your wives,[H802] and your houses.[H1004]

15. And it came to pass,[H1961] when[H834] our enemies[H341] heard[H8085] that[H3588] it was known[H3045] unto us, and God[H430] had brought their counsel to naught,[H6565] [H853] [H6098] that we returned[H7725] all[H3605] of us to[H413] the wall,[H2346] every one[H376] unto[H413] his work.[H4399]

16. And it came to pass[H1961] from[H4480] that[H1931] time[H3117] forth, that the half[H2677] of my servants[H5288] wrought[H6213] in the work,[H4399] and the other half[H2677] of them held[H2388] both the spears,[H7420] the shields,[H4043] and the bows,[H7198] and the habergeons;[H8302] and the rulers[H8269] were behind[H310] all[H3605] the house[H1004] of Judah.[H3063]

17. They which built[H1129] on the wall,[H2346] and they that bore[H5375] burdens,[H5447] with those that laded,[H6006] every one with one[H259] of his hands[H3027] wrought[H6213] in the work,[H4399] and with the other[H259] hand held[H2388] a weapon.[H7973]

18. For the builders,[H1129] every one[H376] had his sword[H2719] girded[H631] by[H5921] his side,[H4975] and so built.[H1129] And he that sounded[H8628] the trumpet[H7782] was by[H681] me.

19. And I said[H559] unto[H413] the nobles,[H2715] and to[H413] the rulers,[H5461] and to[H413] the rest[H3499] of the people,[H5971] The work[H4399] is great[H7235] and large,[H7342] and we[H587] are separated[H6504] upon[H5921] the wall,[H2346] one[H376] far[H7350] from another.[H4480] [H251]

20. In what[H834] place[H4725] therefore ye hear[H8085] [H853] the sound[H6963] of the trumpet,[H7782] resort[H6908] ye thither[H8033] unto[H413] us: our God[H430] shall fight[H3898] for us.

21. So we[H587] labored[H6213] in the work:[H4399] and half[H2677] of them held[H2388] the spears[H7420] from the rising[H4480] [H5927] of the morning[H7837] till[H5704] the stars[H3556] appeared.[H3318]

22. Likewise[H1571] at the same[H1931] time[H6256] said[H559] I unto the people,[H5971] Let every one[H376] with his servant[H5288] lodge[H3885] within[H8432] Jerusalem,[H3389] that in the night[H3915] they may be[H1961] a guard[H4929] to us, and labor[H4399] on the day.[H3117]

23. So neither[H369] I,[H589] nor my brethren,[H251] nor my servants,[H5288] nor the men[H376] of the guard[H4929] which[H834] followed[H310] me, none[H369] of us[H587] put off[H6584] our clothes,[H899] saving that every one[H376] put them off[H7971] for washing.[H4325]