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14 Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to those things they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to intimidate me.

15 Conclusion of the Work. The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul.[a] It was completed in fifty-two days. 16 When all our enemies heard about this, and all the surrounding nations were completely aware of what had been happening, they realized that all this work had been completed with the help of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:15 Elul: September–October. Fifty-two days: the work was certainly carried out very energetically by all the people, but we must remember that the destruction had not been total and that the rebuilding had not begun with Nehemiah (see the decree of Artaxerxes in Ezr 4:17-22).

14 Remember(A) Tobiah and Sanballat,(B) my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet(C) Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets(D) have been trying to intimidate me. 15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

Opposition to the Completed Wall

16 When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.

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