Nehemiah 4:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And our adversaries said, They shall not know or see anything until we come in among them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

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  • Judg 20:29-48 : 29 And Israel set ambushers round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar; and the ambushers of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was heavy; but they did not know that disaster was near them. 35 And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave way to the Benjamites, because they trusted to the ambushers which they had set beside Gibeah. 37 And the ambushers hastened, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the flame began to rise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster had come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. 43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trampled them down easily against Gibeah toward the sunrise. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. 46 So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor. 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the rock Rimmon, and stayed in the rock Rimmon four months. 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the men of every city, and the beasts, and all that came to hand; also they set on fire all the cities they came to.
  • 2 Sam 17:2 : 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only:
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.
  • Isa 47:11 : 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you; you shall not know from where it rises. Trouble shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to put it off. Desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.

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  • Neh 4:12-22
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    12And when the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.

    13Therefore I set men in the lowest parts behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people according to their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

    14And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

    15And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their plan to nothing, that we all returned to the wall, each to his work.

    16And it came to pass from that time on, that half of my servants did the work, and the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and the armor; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah.

    17Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked in the construction, and with the other held a weapon.

    18For every builder had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me.

    19Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.

    20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.

    21So we labored in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

    22At the same time I also said to the people, Let every man and his servant stay at night in Jerusalem, that they may be a guard to us by night, and a labor force by day.

  • Neh 4:1-10
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    1But it happened that when Sanballat heard we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

    2And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned?

    3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall.

    4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity:

    5Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.

    6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together up to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.

    7But it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were repaired, and the breaches began to be stopped, they were very angry,

    8And all of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

    9Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

    10And Judah said, The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

  • Neh 6:16
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    16And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they realized that this work was done by our God.

  • Ezra 4:1
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    1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel,

  • Neh 6:1-2
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    1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall, and there was no gap in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors on the gates;)

    2That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they planned to harm me.

  • Ezra 4:4-5
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    4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

    5And hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  • Neh 2:16-20
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    16And the rulers did not know where I had gone, or what I had done; I had not yet told it to the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the rulers, or the rest who did the work.

    17Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.

    18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, and also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

    19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian heard it, they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? Will you rebel against the king?

    20Then I answered them and said to them, The God of heaven will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 4:12-13
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    12Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us are come to Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls and joined the foundations.

    13Be it known now to the king, that, if this city is built, and the walls set up again, then they will not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so you will harm the revenue of the kings.

  • Ezra 4:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22Take heed now that you fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

    23Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

  • Neh 6:9-10
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    74%

    9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened from the work, so that it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

    10Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.

  • Ezra 5:3-5
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    3At the same time, Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, came to them and said, Who has commanded you to build this house and to finish this wall?

    4Then we said to them in this manner, What are the names of the men who are building this building?

    5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them stop until the matter was reported to Darius: and then they returned an answer by letter concerning this matter.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    8Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and this work is going on rapidly and prospers in their hands.

    9Then we asked those elders and said to them, Who commanded you to build this house and to finish these walls?

  • Ps 83:4
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    4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

  • Neh 6:14
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    14My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, who would have made me afraid.

  • Lam 4:18
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    18They hunted our steps, so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near, our days were fulfilled, for our end came.

  • Neh 5:9
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    9Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

  • Lam 4:12
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    12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 32:18
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    18Then they cried out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, to frighten them and to trouble them, that they might capture the city.

  • Josh 8:6
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    6(For they will come out after us) until we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first; therefore we will flee before them.