4:7 (4:1) 1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem 2 had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry. 4:8 All of them conspired together to move with armed forces 3 against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.
4:11 Our adversaries also boasted, 4 “Before they are aware or anticipate 5 anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”
1 sn Chapter 4 begins here in the Hebrew text (BHS). See the note at 4:1.
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “to fight.”
4 tn Heb “said.”
5 tn Heb “see.”