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Nehemiah 4:7 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 4 · verse 7
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,Nehemiah 4:7 · King James Version
Nehemiah 4:7 in context
5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
6So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
7But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
8And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AshdoditesʼAshdôwdîyan Ashdodite or inhabitant of AsdodH796 →
- SanballatÇanballaṭSanballat, a Persian satrap of SamariaH5571 →
- AmmonitesʻAmmôwnîyan Ammonite or AmmonitishH5984 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- ArabiansʻĂrâbîyan Arabian or inhabitant of ArabH6163 →
- breachespâratsto break outH6555 →
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We have here, I. The conspiracy which the Jews' enemies formed against them, to stay the building by slaying the builders. The conspirators were not only Sanballat and Tobiah, but other neighbouring people whom they had drawn into the plot.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-15