Nehemiah 4:2

army. force.

What... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

fortify. Hebrew. Homonym, 'azab. See note on Exodus 23:5. Margin note of Authorized Version and Revised Version neither needed nor correct.

will they sacrifice? Showing that no altar was as yet built or sacrificial worship being carried on.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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² And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortifya themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

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