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4 When Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and furious and scoffed at the Jews. 2 He addressed his fellows and the army of the Samaritans thus: “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they complete the rebuilding and then offer sacrifice? Can they do it all in a day? Can they recover stones from the rubbish heaps, when the stones are burned?” 3 And Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, added, “Let them build! If a fox stepped up, he would knock down that stone wall of theirs!”
4 Hear. O our God—for we are scorned—and turn their scoffs back upon their own heads; leave them to be plundered in the land of their exile; 5 forgive not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out before thee; for the builders have heard them provoking thee.
6 So we built the wall to half its height all round, for the heart of the people was in their work. 7 But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairs upon the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches were being closed, they were extremely angry; 8 they all conspired together to go and attack Jerusalem and make confusion in the city. 9 But we offered prayer to our God and posted guards to watch them day and night. 10 Judah said, “The strength of the labourers is giving way; the rubbish is great; we will never be able to build the wall.” 11 Our enemies said, “They will hear and see nothing till we are in among them and slay them, and so stop the work.” 12 And when the Jews who lived beside our enemies came in, they kept telling us, “They are gathering against us from all quarters.”
13 The foe placed themselves in the low ground behind the wall, at the breaches; but I posted the people by companies, armed with sword and spear and bow. 14 As I saw that they were afraid, I rose and addressed the authorities and the deputies and the rest of the people: “Have no fear of them, remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your kinsfolk, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
15 Our foes heard that we knew of their plan, and God defeated their purpose; so we all went back to the wall, every man to his work. 16 After that, half of my retinue went on with the work, and half wore their spears and shields and bows and coats of mail, to support all the community of Judah 17 who were building the wall. The labourers were armed; each of them worked with one hand, and held a weapon in the other. 18 The masons were each girded with a sword, as they built. And the bugler stood beside me. 19 I told the authorities and the deputies and the rest of the people, “The extent of the work is great, and we are far apart from each other on the wall; 20 so, wherever you hear the bugle sounding, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.” 21 This was how I and my men did our work; half held their spears from dawn until the stars appeared. 22 I also told the citizens at that time, “Let each of you, man and servant alike, keep inside Jerusalem, to provide us with guard duty at night and with labour during the day.” 23 As for myself and my fellows and my retinue and the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each kept his weapon in his hand.