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, 1Ch 29:18, 2Ch 29:36, Psa 110:3, 2Co 8:16, 2Co 8:17, Phi 2:13, Heb 13:21
Reciprocal: Psa 102:14 - General Ecc 9:10 - thy hand Mic 7:11 - the day Hag 1:14 - and they