Nehemiah 4-6 - Doing the Work and Holding a Weapon

Sanballat and Tobiah Mock the Jews’ Work

Neh 4:8-9 LSB - 

[8] All of them joined together to come [and] fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it. 

[9] But we prayed to our God, and because of them we stood a guard against them day and night.

Luk 6:12 LSB - [12] Now it happened that at this time He went off to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the whole night in prayer to God.

 

Doing the Work and Holding a Weapon

Neh 4:17 LSB - [17] Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took [their] load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.

Each Usury Is Forsaken

Nehemiah as Governor

Neh 5:19 LSB - [19] Remember me, O my God, for good, [according to] all that I have done for this people.

Enemies Try to Make Nehemiah Fearful

Neh 6:14 LSB - [14] Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were [trying] to make me afraid.

The Wall Is Finished

Neh 6:15-16 LSB - 

[15] So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days. 

[16] Now it happened that when all our enemies heard [of it], and all the nations surrounding us saw [it], their confidence fell. And they knew that it was from our God that this work had been accomplished.