Nehemiah 4:7-8

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.

Nehemiah 4:11

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!”

[4:7]  ¹ sn Chapter 4 begins here in the Hebrew text (BHS). See the note at 4:1.

[4:7]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[4:8]  ³ tn Heb “to fight.”

[4:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[4:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “see.”