Nehemiah and the Jews Against the Wall

Nehemiah posted men at all the vulnerable points in the war and exhorted the disheartened people. While they might face opposition on all sides, threatening to extinguish the light of judah, ultimately, their opponents would not have the best of any conflict. Nehemiah had been equipping his people, stirring up the hearts of kings and rulers, providing for the necessities and enabling them to overcome opposition. They must trust him at this crucial point too. He will fight for them. The enemy's hope seemed to be that letting out the rumor of an attack upon jerusalem would be enough to get the jews to back down and abandon the building project. It seems that ne