Wisdom & Truth Verses

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. {going...: or, corner chamber}

Now Tobiah the Ammonite {was} by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: {despised: Heb. despite}

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked {thee} to anger before the builders.

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

And conspired all of them together to come {and} to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. {to hinder...: Heb. to make an error to it}

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, {and} on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. {in the...: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc}

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, {every one} with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other {hand} held a weapon.

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and {so} builded. And he that sounded the trumpet {was} by me. {by his side: Heb. on his loins}