Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
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Gill's Exposition
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall,.... Quite finished it:
and that there was no breach left…
Barnes' Notes
Upon the gates - Rather, “in the gates.” This work would naturally be delayed until the last phase.
Two plots upon Nehemiah we have here an account of, how cunningly they were laid by his enemies and how happily frustrated by God's good providence and his prudence.
I. A plot to trepan him into a…
Cambridge Bible
when S.… and the rest of our enemies, heard R.V. when it was reported to S.…, and unto the rest of our enemies. The R.V. is more literal; the passive verb -to be reported" occurs in Neh 6:6-7, and…
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