Nehemiah 4:8

all.

Ps 2:1-3; 83:3-11; Isa 8:9,10; Ac 23:12,13

hinder it. Heb. make an error to it.

Jer 20:10

Nehemiah 4:16-18

my servants.

23; 5:15,16; Ps 101:6

and the other half.This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men, to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it.

habergeons.{Habergeon,} from the Teutonic {hals,} the neck, and {bergen,} to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic {hautbergon} signifies a coat of mail; the original {shiryon,} we have already seen, denotes a corslet.

bare burdens.

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every one.That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.

with one.

Da 9:25; 1Co 9:12; 16:9,13; 2Co 6:7; Eph 6:11-20; Php 1:28; 2Ti 2:3

2Ti 4:7

by his side. Heb. on his loins. he that sounded.

Nu 10:9; 2Ch 13:12-17

Ephesians 5:16

Redeeming.

Ec 9:10; Ro 13:11; Ga 6:10; Col 4:5

the days.

6:13,15; Ps 37:19; Ec 11:2; 12:1; Am 5:13; Joh 12:35; Ac 11:28,29

1Co 7:26,29-31
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