Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
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Gill's Exposition
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him,.... Who was one of his brethren he spake before, Neh 4:2,
and he said; in the like contemptuous and scoffing manner:
even that which they build, if a fox go up,…
Here is, I. The spiteful scornful reflection which Sanballat and Tobiah cast upon the Jews for their attempt to build the wall about Jerusalem. The country rang of it presently; intelligence was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Eventhat which they build&c. Whatever they are trying to build.
a fox R.V. marg. -Or, jackal". The light tread of some creeping animal was enough to bring down their weak wall stone though it was. The…
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