Until the sun be hot - An unusual precaution. The ordinary practice in the East is to open town gates at sunrise.

Measures were taken for the security of the city, now made a complete fortress. The relatively small size of the population strained the governor’s…

And I said unto them, let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened
until the sun be hot
O…

Nehemiah, having finished the wall, returned to the Persian court, and came to Jerusalem again with a new commission. The public safety depends on …