Nehemiah 4:6

So built we the wall,.... Went on in building it, notwithstanding their scoffs and threats:

and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof; it was carried all round the city to half the…

Unto the half thereof - i. e. to half the intended height.

For the people had a mind to work - The original is very emphatic: ויהי לב לעם לעשות vayehi leb leam laasoth, "For the people had a heart to work." Their hearts were engaged in it; and where the heart…

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…

So built we R.V. So we built. No emphasis on -we."

unto the half thereof R.V. unto half the height thereof. -All the wall was joined together." The circumvallation was complete. There were no gaps or…