1	But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard# that we builded# the wall, he was wroth# , and took great# indignation# , and mocked# the Jews.
			2	And he spake# before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said# , What do# these feeble Jews? will they fortify# themselves? will they sacrifice# ? will they make an end# in a day? will they revive# the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned# ? [fortify...: Heb. leave to themselves]
			3	Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said# , Even that which they build# , if a fox go up# , he shall even break down# their stone wall.
			4	Hear# , O our God; for we are despised: and turn# their reproach upon their own head, and give# them for a prey in the land of captivity: [despised: Heb. despite]
			5	And 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# .
			6	So built# we the wall; and all the wall was joined together# unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work# .
			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# , [were made up: Heb. ascended]
			8	And conspired# all of them together to come# and to fight# against Jerusalem, and to hinder# # it. [to hinder...: Heb. to make an error to it]
			9	Nevertheless we made our prayer# unto our God, and set# a watch against them day and night, because of them.
			10	And Judah said# , The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed# , and there is much# rubbish; so that we are not able# to build# the wall.
			11	And our adversaries said# , They shall not know# , neither see# , till we come# in the midst among them, and slay# them, and cause the work to cease# .
			12	And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt# by them came# , they said# unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return# unto us they will be upon you . [From all...: or, That from all places ye must return to us]
			13	Therefore set# I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places# # , I even set# the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. [in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc]
			14	And I looked# , and rose up# , and said# unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid# of them: remember# the Lord, which is great and terrible# , and fight# for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
			15	And it came to pass, when our enemies# heard# that it was known# unto us, and God had brought# their counsel to nought# , that we returned# all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
			16	And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought# in the work, and the other half of them held# both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
			17	They which builded# on the wall, and they that bare# burdens, with those that laded# , every one with one of his hands wrought# in the work, and with the other hand held# a weapon.
			18	For the builders# , every one had his sword girded# by his side, and so builded# . And he that sounded# the trumpet was by me. [by his side: Heb. on his loins]
			19	And I said# unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great# and large, and we are separated# upon the wall, one far from another.
			20	In what place therefore ye hear# the sound of the trumpet, resort# ye thither unto us: our God shall fight# for us.
			21	So we laboured# in the work: and half of them held# the spears from the rising# of the morning till the stars appeared# .
			22	Likewise at the same time said# I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge# within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
			23	So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off# our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. [saving...: or, every one went with his weapon for water]