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1	Nehemiah's Enemies When Sanballat, the governor of Samaria, heard that we were rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, he became angry and started insulting our people.	But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2	In front of his friends and the Samaritan army he said, “What is this feeble bunch of Jews trying to do? Are they going to rebuild the wall and offer sacrifices all in one day? Do they think they can make something out of this pile of scorched stones?”	And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3	Tobiah from Ammon was standing beside Sanballat and said, “Look at the wall they are building! Why, even a fox could knock over this pile of stones.”	Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
4	But I prayed, “Our God, these people hate us and have wished horrible things for us. Please answer our prayers and make their insults fall on them! Let them be the ones to be dragged away as prisoners of war.	Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
5	Don't forgive the mean and evil way they have insulted the builders.”	And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6	The people worked hard, and we built the walls of Jerusalem halfway up again.	So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7	But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people from the city of Ashdod saw the walls going up and the holes being repaired. So they became angry	But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8	and decided to stir up trouble, and to fight against the people of Jerusalem.	And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9	But we kept on praying to our God, and we also stationed guards day and night.	Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
10	Meanwhile, the people of Judah were singing a sorrowful song: “So much rubble for us to haul! Worn out and weary, will we ever finish this wall?”	And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
11	Our enemies were saying, “Before those Jews know what has happened, we will sneak up and kill them and put an end to their work.”	And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
12	On at least ten different occasions, the Jews living near our enemies warned us against attacks from every side,	And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13	and so I sent people to guard the wall at its lowest places and where there were still holes in it. I placed them according to families, and they stood guard with swords and spears and with bows and arrows.	Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14	Then I looked things over and told the leaders, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don't be afraid of your enemies! The Lord is great and fearsome. So think of him and fight for your relatives and children, your wives and homes!”	And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15	Our enemies found out that we knew about their plot against us, but God kept them from doing what they had planned. So we went back to work on the wall.	And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16	From then on, I let half of the young men work while the other half stood guard. They wore armor and had spears and shields, as well as bows and arrows. The leaders helped the workers	And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17	who were rebuilding the wall. Everyone who hauled building materials kept one hand free to carry a weapon.	They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
18	Even the workers who were rebuilding the wall strapped on a sword. The worker who was to blow the signal trumpet stayed with me.	For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
19	I told the people and their officials and leaders, “Our work is so spread out, that we are a long way from one another.	And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20	If you hear the sound of the trumpet, come quickly and gather around me. Our God will help us fight.”	In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21	Every day from dawn to dark, half of the workers rebuilt the walls, while the rest stood guard with their spears.	So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22	I asked the men in charge and their workers to stay inside Jerusalem and stand guard at night. So they guarded the city at night and worked during the day.	Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23	I even slept in my work clothes at night; my relatives, the workers, and the guards slept in theirs as well. And we always kept our weapons close by.	So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.