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Nehemiah 4:1-3

King James Version (KJV)

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1. 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. 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. 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.

Nehemiah 4:1-3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 4:1

Theological / Devotional

Sanballat. See on Neh. 2:10. Nehemiah’s arrival and the preparations for the rebuilding of the wall had been a cause of annoyance to Sanballat and his evil allies, but when the actual building activity started they could no longer restrain themselves.

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