Nehemiah 4:6-7

4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

4:7 (4:1) When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.


tn Heb “up to its half.”

tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”

sn Chapter 4 begins here in the Hebrew text (BHS). See the note at 4:1.

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