Sanballat. 2:10,19; Ezr 4:1-5; Ac 5:17;
mocked. Ps 35:15,16; 44:13,14; Mt 27:29; Heb 11:36;
feeble. 1Sa 14:11,12; 17:43,44; Zec 12:8; 1Co 1:27;
fortify themselves. Heb. leave to themselves. sacrifice. 12:27,43;
revive. ver. 10; Eze 37:3-13; Hab 3:2;
Tobiah. 2:10,19; 6:1; 1Ki 20:10,18; 2Ki 18:23;
despised. Heb. despite. turn. 1Sa 17:26; Ps 79:12; Pr 3:34; Ho 12:14;
cover not. Ps 59:5-13; 69:27; 109:14; Jer 18:23; 2Ti 4:14;
their sin. Ps 51:1,9; Isa 43:25; 44:22;
before the builders. Isa 36:11,12;
and all the wall. That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.
for the people. The original is very emphatic, {wyhee laiv l��m l��soth,} "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.
had a mind. 6:15; 1Ch 29:3,14,17,18; 2Ch 29:36; Ps 110:3; 2Co 8:16,17; Php 2:13; Heb 13:21;
the Ammonites. Jud 10:7-18; 11:12-40; 1Sa 11:2; 2Sa 10:1-5; 2Ki 24:2; 2Ch 20:1; Eze 25:3-7; Am 1:13;
Ashdodites. 13:23,24; 1Sa 5:1,2; 2Ch 26:6-8; Jer 25:20; Am 1:8; 3:9; Zec 9:5,6;
heard. Ezr 4:4-16; 5:8;
were made up. Heb. ascended. then. Ge 3:15; Ac 4:17,18; 5:33; Re 12:12,13,17;
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;
Nevertheless. ver. 11; Ge 32:9-12,28; 2Ki 19:14-19; Ps 50:15; 55:16-22; Lu 6:11,12; Ac 4:24-30;
set a watch. Mt 26:41; Lu 21:36; 1Pe 5:8;
The strength. Nu 13:31; 32:9; Ps 11:1,2; Hag 1:2;
They shall not. Jud 20:29-48; 2Sa 17:2; Ps 56:6; Isa 47:11; Ac 23:12,21; 1Th 5:2;
ten times. Ge 31:7,41; Nu 14:22; Job 19:3;
From all places, etc. or, That from all places ye must return to us. ye shall return. Houbigant, Michaelis, and Dathe contend, that instead of {tashoovoo,} "ye shall return," we should read {chashevoo,} "they designed."
Therefore. Ge 32:13-20; 2Ch 32:2-8; Ps 112:5; Mt 10:16; 1Co 14:20;
in the lower places. Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc. their swords. ver. 17,18; So 3:7,8; Eph 6:11-20;
Be ye not afraid. Nu 14:9; De 1:21,29,30; 20:3,4; Jos 1:9; 2Ch 20:15-17; 32:7; Ps 27:1; 46:11; Isa 41:10-14; Mt 10:28; Heb 13:6;
remember. Ps 20:7; 77:10-20; 143:5; Isa 51:12,13; 63:11-13;
great. 1:5; De 10:17; Job 37:22; Ps 65:5; 66:3,5; Isa 64:1-3; Na 1:2-7; Heb 12:20,21,28,29;
fight. 2Sa 10:12;
God. 2Sa 15:31; 17:14; Job 5:12,13; Ps 33:10,11; Pr 21:30; Isa 8:10; Isa 44:25; La 3:37,38; 1Co 3:19,20;
every one. Mr 13:34; Ro 12:11; 1Th 4:11;
my servants. ver. 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. ver. 10;
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; ver. 19;
our God. Ex 14:14,25; De 1:30; 3:22; 20:4; Jos 23:10; Zec 14:3;
So we. 1Co 15:10,58; Ga 6:9; Col 1:29;
So neither I. 5:16; 7:2; Jud 9:48; 1Co 15:10;
saving that, etc. or, every one went with his weapon for water.
Jud 5:11; The original of this obscure clause is {ish shilcho hammayim,}
which is rendered by Montanus, {vir missile suum aquas,} "a
man his dart to the waters," of which it is difficult to make
sense. It is wholly omitted by the LXX.; and one of De
Rossi's MSS. reads, {meshallachah �l hammayim,} "in order to
send them to the water."