Therefore set I in 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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Gill's Exposition
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall,.... Where the wall was lowest, and the enemy could more easily break it down, or get over it:
and on the higher places; where the wall was…
Barnes' Notes
The lower places - The places where those within the walls had the least advantage of elevation, the naturally weak places, where an enemy was likely to make his attack.
We have here,
I. The conspiracy which the Jews' enemies formed against them, to stay the building by slaying the builders. The conspirators were not only Sanballat and Tobiah, but other neighbouring…
Cambridge Bible
Therefore set I, &c. Nehemiah's action recorded in this verse was intended to meet the needs of the situation generally. -Therefore" must not be limited in application to Neh 4:4. The difficulties…
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