Nehemiah 2:17-3:1 Then said I to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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17 H559 Then said H7200 I to them, You see H7451 the distress H834 that we are in, how H3389 Jerusalem H2720 lies waste, H8179 and the gates H3341 thereof are burned H784 with fire: H3212 come, H1129 and let us build H2346 up the wall H3389 of Jerusalem, H3808 that we be no H5750 more H2781 a reproach.

18 H5046 Then I told H3027 them of the hand H430 of my God H834 which H2896 was good H637 on me; as also H4428 the king’s H1697 words H559 that he had spoken H559 to me. And they said, H6965 Let us rise H1129 up and build. H2388 So they strengthened H3027 their hands H2896 for this good work.

19 H5571 But when Sanballat H2772 the Horonite, H2900 and Tobiah H5650 the servant, H5984 the Ammonite, H1654 and Geshem H6163 the Arabian, H8085 heard H3932 it, they laughed H959 us to scorn, and despised H559 us, and said, H4100 What H2088 is this H1697 thing H6213 that you do? H4775 will you rebel H5921 against H4428 the king?

20 H7725 Then answered H1697 H559 I them, and said H430 to them, The God H8064 of heaven, H6743 he will prosper H5650 us; therefore we his servants H6965 will arise H1129 and build: H369 but you have no H2506 portion, H6666 nor right, H2146 nor memorial, H3389 in Jerusalem.

1 H475 Then Eliashib H1419 the high H3548 priest H6965 rose H251 up with his brothers H3548 the priests, H1129 and they built H6629 the sheep H8179 gate; H6942 they sanctified H5975 it, and set H1817 up the doors H4026 of it; even to the tower H3968 of Meah H6942 they sanctified H4026 it, to the tower H2606 of Hananeel.