adversaries. The Samaritans (Ezr_4:10). See note on 2Ki_17:24, 2Ki_17:26.
children = sons.
the temple. The walls and gates already built by Nehemiah. See Structures (pp. 616, 617), and notes on Neh_1:21, Jer_25:11. See special note at end of 2Ch_36:21.