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Neh. 4:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore set I νin 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.

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from the lower parts of the place.

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Therefore.

Gen. 32:13‑20• ¹³And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hands a gift for Esau his brother;
¹⁴two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
¹⁵thirty milch camels with their colts: forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.
¹⁶And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself: and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
¹⁷And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets thee, and asks thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
¹⁸then shalt thou say, Thy servant Jacob's, it is a gift sent to my lord Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.
¹⁹And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.
²⁰And ye shall say moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me. (Gen. 32:13‑20)

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2 Chron. 32:2‑8• ²And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
³he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
⁴So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water.
⁵Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David; and made darts and shields in abundance.
⁶And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
⁷Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
⁸with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (2 Chron. 32:2‑8)

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Psa. 112:5• ⁵Good [is] the man gracious and lending;{HR}He will sustain his matters with judgment. (Psa. 112:5)

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Matt. 10:16• ¹⁶{i}Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.{/i} (Matt. 10:16)

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1 Cor. 14:20• ²⁰Brethren, be not children in mind, but in malice be infantine, but in mind be of full age. (1 Cor. 14:20)

in the lower places.

Heb. from the lower parts of the place,etc.

their swords.

Neh. 4:17‑18• ¹⁷{i}They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.{/i}
¹⁸{i}And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.{/i} (Neh. 4:17‑18)

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Song of Sol. 3:7‑8• ⁷Behold his litter, Solomon's own:{HR}Threescore mighty men are about it,{HR}Of the mighty of Israel.
⁸They all handle the sword, experts in war.{HR}Each hath his sword on his thigh{HR}Because of fear in the night. (Song of Sol. 3:7‑8)

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Eph. 6:11‑20• ¹¹Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil;
¹²for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places].
¹³On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand.
¹⁴Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
¹⁵and having shod your feet with [the] preparation of the gospel of peace;
¹⁶besides all, having taken up the shield of faith with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one;
¹⁷and receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God's word;
¹⁸with all prayer and supplication praying in every season in [the] Spirit, and thereunto watching with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
¹⁹and for me that utterance may be given me in [the] opening of my mouth with boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel,
²⁰for which I am an ambassador in chain[s], that in it I may be bold as I ought to speak. (Eph. 6:11‑20)

• When Satan is in question we are powerless unless we are in the right place and equipped with divine weapons. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 4:1-15” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

W. Kelly Translation

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I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)