Nehemiah 4:1

Nehemiah 4:1-23. The Opposition to the Work. (a) 1 6. The ridicule of the Samaritans. (b) 7 23. The menaces of the foe, and the precautions taken by Nehemiah

1. The IVth Chapter in ordinary editions of the Hebrew text does not begin till Nehemiah 4:7.

and took great indignation The form of the word here used in the original is of rare occurrence and is found only in late Hebrew, 2 Chronicles 16:10, -was in a rage;" Ezekiel 16:42, -be angry;" Psalms 112:10, -be grieved," Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 7:9. For the common use of the word in its causative sense, -provoke to anger" see Nehemiah 4:5.