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So we built the wall, and all [of it] was joined together to half its height, for the people had a heart and mind to work.

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were going up and that the breaches were being closed, they were very angry.

And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem, to injure and cause confusion and failure in it.

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So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

But when Sanballat, Tobiah,(A) the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. They all plotted together(B) to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it.

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