Discovery Box| (1.00) | Neh 3:25 |
| After him Palal son of Uzai worked 1 opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace 2 of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:26 |
| and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked 1 up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:27 |
| After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:28 |
| Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:29 |
| After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:30 |
| After him 1 Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:31 |
| After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, 1 and up to the room above the corner. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:32 |
| And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:2 |
| and in the presence of his colleagues 1 and the army of Samaria 2 he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? 3 Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?” |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:4 |
| Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:6 |
| So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. 1 The people were enthusiastic in their work. 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 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. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:10 |
| Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers 1 has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.” |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:11 |
| Our adversaries also boasted, 1 “Before they are aware or anticipate 2 anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!” |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:15 |
| It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, 1 God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:16 |
| From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, 1 shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people 2 of Judah |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:17 |
| who were rebuilding the wall. 1 Those who were carrying loads did so 2 by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:18 |
| The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter 1 remained with me. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:19 |
| I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding 1 and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another. |
| (1.00) | Neh 4:21 |
| So we worked on, 1 with half 2 holding spears, from dawn till dusk. 3 |
