Dual Panel1But 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>_.
2And 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)_? {fortify...: Heb. leave to themselves}
3Now 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>_.
4Hear <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>_: {despised: Heb. despite}
5And 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)_.
6So 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)_.
7But 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)_, {were made up: Heb. ascended}
8And 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. {to hinder...: Heb. to make an error to it}
9Nevertheless 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.
10And 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>_.
11And 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)_.
12And 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]. {From all...: or, That from all places ye must return to us}
13Therefore 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>_. {in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc}
14And 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>_.
15And 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> (0) 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>_.
16And 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>_.
17They 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>_.
18For 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>_. {by his side: Heb. on his loins}
19And 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>_.
20In 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.
21So 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)_.
22Likewise 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>_.
23So 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>_. {saving...: or, every one went with his weapon for water}