Nehemiah 4:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ Sanballat, Tobiah, and the people of Arabia, Ammon, and Ashdod heard that we were making progress in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and that the gaps in the wall were being closed, and they became very angry. ⁸ So they all plotted together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion, ⁹ but we prayed to our God and kept men on guard against them day and night.