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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Neh 4:16 — And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of Judah.
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my servants
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Neh 4:23; Neh 5:15,16; Psa 101:6 |
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and the other half
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This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men, to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it. |
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habergeons
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Habergeon, from the Teutonic hals, the neck, and bergen, to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic hautbergon signifies a coat of mail; the original shiryon, we have already seen, denotes a corslet. |
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Neh 4:23 |
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing. |
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Neh 5:15 |
But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. |
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Neh 5:16 |
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work. |
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Psa 101:6 |
Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 4:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Neh/4/16.html>.
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