Nehemiah 4:7-9

Common English Bible

^7 [a] But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the work on the walls was progressing and the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. ⁸ They plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it.

⁹ So we prayed to our God and set a guard as protection against them day and night.