1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the
2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto
7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came,
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with
18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and
19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of
20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one
23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of