Verse 18

Nehemiah 4:18

Geneva Bible

18 For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe the trumpet, was beside me.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked th... Focus ↗

2 And sayde before his brethren and the armie of Samaria, thus he sayde, What doe these weake Iewes? w... Focus ↗

3 And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and said, Although they buylde, yet if a foxe goe vp, he sha... Focus ↗

4 Heare, O our God (Elohim) (for we are despised) and turne their shame vpon their owne head, and giue... Focus ↗

5 And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue pro... Focus ↗

6 So we built the wall, and all the wall was ioyned vnto the halfe thereof, and the heart of the peopl... Focus ↗

7 But when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodims heard that th... Focus ↗

8 And conspired all together to come and to fight against Ierusalem, and to hinder them. Focus ↗

9 The we prayed vnto our God (Elohim), and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them. Focus ↗

10 And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not... Focus ↗

11 Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of t... Focus ↗

12 But when the Iewes (which dwelt beside them) came, they told vs ten times, From all places whence ye... Focus ↗

13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall vpon the toppes of the stones, and placed the pe... Focus ↗

14 Then I behelde, and rose vp, and said vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the pe... Focus ↗

15 And when our enemies heard that it was knowen vnto vs, then God (Elohim) brought their counsell to n... Focus ↗

16 And from that day, halfe of the yong men did the labour, and the other halfe part of them helde the... Focus ↗

17 They that buylded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, and they that laded, did the worke with o... Focus ↗

18 For euery one of the buylders had his sworde girded on his loynes, and so buylded: and he that blewe...

19 Then saide I vnto the Princes, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The worke is great... Focus ↗

20 In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs: our God (Elohi... Focus ↗

21 So we laboured in the worke, and halfe of them helde the speares, from the appearing of the morning,... Focus ↗

22 And at the same time said I vnto the people, Let euery one with his seruant lodge within Ierusalem,... Focus ↗

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my seruants, nor the men of the warde, (which followed me) none o... Focus ↗

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