THEOSISNehemiah 4:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.
וָאֹמַ֞ר אֶל־הַחֹרִ֤ים וְאֶל־הַסְּגָנִים֙ וְאֶל־יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם הַמְּלָאכָ֥ה הַרְבֵּ֖ה וּרְחָבָ֑ה וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ נִפְרָדִים֙ עַל־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה רְחוֹקִ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ מֵאָחִֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Neh 4:17Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.
- Neh 4:18For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.
- Eph 6:11Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil.
- Eph 6:20For which I am an ambassador in a chain: so that therein I may be bold to speak according as I ought.
- Ps 112 (111):5
- Matt 10:16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
- 1 Cor 14:20Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.
- 2 Chr 32:2And when Ezechias saw that Sennacherib was come, and that the whole force of the war was turning against Jerusalem,