and all the wall: That is, the whole circuit of the wall was completed unto half the intended height.
for the people: The original is very emphatic, wyhee laiv leam laasoth, "for the people had a heart to work." Their heart was engaged in it, and they went about it cheerfully and vigorously.
had a mind: Neh 6:15; 1Ch 29:3, 1Ch 29:14, 1Ch 29:17-18; 2Ch 29:36; Psa 110:3; 2Co 8:16-17; Phi 2:13; Heb 13:21