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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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

by his side		Heb. on his loins
he that sounded		Num 10:9; 2Ch 13:12-17

Correlating Passages

he that sounded

	Num 10:9	And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
	2Ch 13:12	And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
	2Ch 13:13	But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind them.
	2Ch 13:14	And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle [was] before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
	2Ch 13:15	Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
	2Ch 13:16	And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
	2Ch 13:17	And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 4:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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