Nehemiah 4:3

Now, Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, Nehemiah 2:10, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. Tobiah seconded his master in the attempted ridicule by declaring that the strength of a fox, many of which had made their dens on Mount Zion during the exile, Lamentations 5:18, was sufficient to overthrow the wall. At this point Nehemiah inserts a personal remark.