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Old TestamentNehemiah · Chapter 4

Nehemiah 4:1

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 4:1 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Nehemiah 4:1 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and m..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Nehemiah 4:1 — KJV

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

Nehemiah 4:1 (KJV)

Nehemiah 4:1 in Context — About the Book of Nehemiah

Nehemiah is the Bible's project-management masterclass soaked in prayer. A royal cupbearer hears Jerusalem's walls are rubble, weeps, fasts, prays — then rebuilds them in fifty-two days despite ridicule and threats. Every chapter shows prayer and practical action working as one.

Prayer & actionRebuilding what is brokenLeadershipOpposition & perseveranceThe joy of the Lord
Explore the full Book of Nehemiah — all 13 chapters

Cross-References for Nehemiah 4:1

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. flat: Heb. under it

Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:1: came, pass, heard

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, were made up: Heb. ascended

Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:1: came, pass, sanballat

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

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And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:1: came, pass, heard

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey