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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 4:17 - 4:17
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bare burdens: Neh 4:10
every one: That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.
with one: Dan 9:25; 1Co 9:12, 1Co 16:9, 1Co 16:13; 2Co 6:7; Eph 6:11-20; Phi 1:28; 2Ti 2:3; 2Ti 4:7