Nehemiah 4:21
“So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So we laboured in the work,.... Of building the wall: and half of them held the spears; and other weapons before…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Nehemiah 4:16-23
When the builders had so far reason to think the design of the enemies broken as to return to their work, yet they were…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
So we laboured R.V. So we wrought. The word in the original being the same as that rendered -wrought" in Neh 4:16-17, it…