Nehemiah 4:7-9 ▼

7 Now it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the places broken down began to be closed, they were very angry.

8 All of them joined together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.

9 But we prayed to our God, and because of them we stood a guard against them day and night.