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.
4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, 3 God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.
6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),
13:19 When the evening shadows 6 began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered 7 the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned 8 some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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 “it was known to us.”
5 tc The MT understands the root here to be יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”) rather than רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”).
6 tn Heb “they greatly fell [i.e., were cast down] in their own eyes.” Some scholars suggest emending the reading of the MT, וַיִּפְּלוּ (vayyipÿlu) to וַיִּפָּלֵא (vayyippale’, “it was very extraordinary in their eyes”).
7 tn Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”
8 tn Heb “said” (so also in v. 22).
9 tn Heb “caused to stand.”