Habergeons - Or, “coats of mail.” Coats of mail were common in Assyria from the ninth century B.C., and in Egypt even earlier. They were ma…

My servants. —The building was resumed with special precautions, very minutely described. “Nehemiah’s own servants” are distinguis…

They who built on the wall, and they who bore burdens, with those who loaded—every one engaged in the work with one of his hands, and with the othe…

And it came to pa from that time forth
That they were thus alarmed of danger from their enemies:

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We must always watch against spiritual enemies and not expect that our warfare will be over until our work is ended. The word of God is the sword o…