Nehemiah 2:17-3:1 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth 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 [H8799] H7200 I unto them, Ye see [H8802] H7451 the distress H3389 that we are in, how Jerusalem H2720 lieth waste H8179 , and the gates H3341 thereof are burned [H8738] H784 with fire H3212 : come [H8798] H1129 , and let us build up [H8799] H2346 the wall H3389 of Jerusalem H2781 , that we be no more a reproach.

18 H5046 Then I told [H8686] H3027 them of the hand H430 of my God H2896 which was good H4428 upon me; as also the king's H1697 words H559 that he had spoken [H8804] H559 unto me. And they said [H8799] H6965 , Let us rise up [H8799] H1129 and build [H8804] H2388 . So they strengthened [H8762] 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 [H8799] H3932 it, they laughed us to scorn [H8686] H959 , and despised [H8799] H559 us, and said [H8799] H1697 , What is this thing H6213 that ye do [H8802] H4775 ? will ye rebel [H8802] H4428 against the king?

20 H7725 Then answered [H8686] H1697 H559 I them, and said [H8799] H430 unto them, The God H8064 of heaven H6743 , he will prosper [H8686] H5650 us; therefore we his servants H6965 will arise [H8799] H1129 and build [H8804] H2506 : but ye have no portion H6666 , nor right H2146 , nor memorial H3389 , in Jerusalem.

1 H475 Then Eliashib H1419 the high H3548 priest H6965 rose up [H8799] H251 with his brethren H3548 the priests H1129 , and they builded [H8799] H6629 the sheep H8179 gate H6942 ; they sanctified [H8765] H5975 it, and set up [H8686] H1817 the doors H4026 of it; even unto the tower H3968 of Meah H6942 they sanctified [H8765] H4026 it, unto the tower H2606 of Hananeel.