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Neh 4:13 — Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, [and] on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Therefore		Gen 32:13-20; 2Ch 32:2-8; Psa 112:5; Mat 10:16; 1Cr 14:20
in the lower places		Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc.
their swords		Neh 4:17,18; Sgs 3:7,8; Eph 6:11-20

Correlating Passages

Therefore

	Gen 32:13	And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
	Gen 32:14	Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
	Gen 32:15	Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
	Gen 32:16	And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
	Gen 32:17	And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
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	2Ch 32:2	And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
	2Ch 32:3	He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him.
	2Ch 32:4	So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
	2Ch 32:5	Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised [it] up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo [in] the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
	2Ch 32:6	And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
	2Ch 32:7	Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:
	2Ch 32:8	With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
	Psa 112:5	A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
	Mat 10:16	Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
	1Cr 14:20	Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

their swords

	Neh 4:17	They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held a weapon.
	Neh 4:18	For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] builded. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.
	Sgs 3:7	Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon's; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel.
	Sgs 3:8	They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
	Eph 6:11	Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
	Eph 6:12	For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
	Eph 6:13	Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
	Eph 6:14	Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
	Eph 6:15	And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 4:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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