Nehemiah 2:17-20

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls

¹⁷ Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, _t how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer _u suffer derision." ¹⁸ And I told them _v of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." _w So they strengthened their hands for the good work. ¹⁹ But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and _x Geshem the Arab heard of it, _y they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? _z Are you rebelling against the king?" ²⁰ Then I replied to them, _a "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim ₁ in Jerusalem."

1. Cross References
   Nehemiah 2:3
   I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?
   Nehemiah 2:13
   I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that were broken down and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
   Nehemiah 1:3
   And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.
   
2. Cross References
   Nehemiah 1:3
   And they said to me, "The remnant there in the ...
   Psalms 44:13
   You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, th...
   Psalms 79:4
   We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked...
   Jeremiah 24:9
   I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms o...
   Ezekiel 5:14 - 15
   Moreover, I will make you a desolation and an o...
   Ezekiel 22:4
   You have become guilty by the blood that you ha...
   
3. Cross References
   Nehemiah 2:8
   And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Samuel 2:7
   Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
   
5. Cross References
   Nehemiah 6:6
   In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
   
6. Cross References
   Nehemiah 4:1
   Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.
   Psalms 44:13
   You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
   
7. Cross References
   Nehemiah 6:6
   In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
   
8. Cross References
   Nehemiah 2:4
   Then the king said to me, "What are you requesting?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.