尼希米记 4:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

敵人密謀攔阻與破壞當參巴拉、多比雅、阿拉伯人、亞捫人、亞實突人聽見耶路撒冷城牆重修工程仍然進行，已經堵塞城牆的缺口，就非常忿怒。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為4:1）

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
参 巴 拉 、 多 比 雅 、 亚 拉 伯 人 、 亚 扪 人 、 亚 实 突 人 听 见 修 造 耶 路 撒 冷 城 墙 ， 着 手 进 行 堵 塞 破 裂 的 地 方 ， 就 甚 发 怒 。

Contextual Overview

⁷ But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people from Ashdod were very angry when they heard that the repairs to Jerusalem's walls were continuing and that the holes in the wall were being closed. ⁸ So they all made plans to come to Jerusalem and fight and stir up trouble. ⁹ But we prayed to our God and appointed guards to watch for them day and night. ¹⁰ The people of Judah said, "The workers are getting tired. There is so much trash we cannot rebuild the wall." ¹¹ And our enemies said, "The Jews won't know or see anything until we come among them and kill them and stop the work." ¹² Then the Jewish people who lived near our enemies came and told us ten times, "Everywhere you turn, the enemy will attack us." ¹³ So I put people behind the lowest places along the wall—the open places—and I put families together with their swords, spears, and bows. ¹⁴ Then I looked around and stood up and said to the important men, the leaders, and the rest of the people: "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and powerful. Fight for your brothers, your sons and daughters, your wives, and your homes." ¹⁵ Then our enemies heard that we knew about their plans and that God had ruined their plans. So we all went back to the wall, each to his own work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Sanballat: Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19

the Ammonites: Judges 10:7-18, Judges 11:12-40, 1 Samuel 11:2, 2 Samuel 10:1-5, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Chronicles 20:1, Ezekiel 25:3-7, Amos 1:13

Ashdodites: Nehemiah 13:23, Nehemiah 13:24, 1 Samuel 5:1, 1 Samuel 5:2, 2 Chronicles 26:6-8, Jeremiah 25:20, Amos 1:8, Amos 3:9, Zechariah 9:5, Zechariah 9:6

heard: Ezra 4:4-16, Ezra 5:8

were made up: Heb. ascended

then: Genesis 3:15, Acts 4:17, Acts 4:18, Acts 5:33, Revelation 12:12, Revelation 12:13, Revelation 12:17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:3 - Ammonite 1 Kings 11:27 - the breaches 1 Chronicles 19:2 - the children 2 Chronicles 24:13 - the work was perfected by them Ezra 9:1 - Ammonites Nehemiah 6:1 - when Sanballat Nehemiah 6:16 - when all our enemies Isaiah 58:12 - The repairer Jeremiah 41:10 - to the Jeremiah 49:1 - their king

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?

Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out into the field." While they were out in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.

Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."

Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!

Genesis 19:21
The angel said to Lot, "Very well, I will allow you to do this also. I will not destroy that town.

Numbers 32:23
"But if you don't do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord ; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians,.... Who were under and influenced by Geshem the Arabian:

and the Ammonites; over whom Tobiah was governor:

and the Ashdodites; who were of Ashdod or Azotus, one of the principalities of the Philistines, who were always enemies to the Jews:

heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up; or "the length of them went up" d; that is, the height of them; that they rose up high apace, and were got up to, or almost to their proper height:

and that the breaches began to be stopped; for the walls were not all thrown down by the Chaldeans, but breaches made here and there, which were now repaired:

then they were very wroth; and could not avoid showing it; before they mocked them, as attempting what they could not go through with; but now, perceiving the work went on with great success, they were enraged.

d עלתה ארוכה "ascendisset longitudo", Montanus; so Coeceius in rad.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Arabians ... - Probably a band, composed largely of Arabians, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, which Sanballat maintained as a guard to his person, and which formed a portion of “the army of Samaria” Nehemiah 4:2. A quarrel between such a band and the people of Jerusalem might be overlooked by the Persian king.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 4:7. The walls of Jerusalem were made up — That is, they were made up to the half height of the wall; for the preceding verse seems to intimate that the whole wall was thus far built; not half of the wall completed, but the whole wall built to half its height.