Nehemiah 4:1-3

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 4

¹ When Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites^[a] heard that the repairs to the walls of Jerusalem were proceeding according to plan and that the gaps were beginning to be closed, they became infuriated. ² As a result, they all plotted together to launch an attack against Jerusalem and throw all of us into panic and confusion. ³ Therefore, we prayed to our God and posted guards against them day and night in an attempt to foil their plans.