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Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.
Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.
The Shulamite I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.
"Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel" -
"Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.
Next, he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple was four cubits on every side.
Now all the king's wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation.
They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like men of war; Every one marches in formation, And they do not break ranks.
Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.
So I went up in the night by the valley, and viewed the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
Moreover Jehoiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors, with its bolts and bars.
Malchijah the son of Rechab, leader of the district of Beth Haccerem, repaired the Refuse Gate; he built it and hung its doors with its bolts and bars.
After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his dwelling.
But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, "The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall.
from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.
and his brethren, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. Ezra the scribe went before them.
And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.