Nehemiah 4:7 Cross References - Rotherham

⁷ But it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem had gone up, that the breaches began to be stopped, that it angered them exceedingly;

¹⁵ And, enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed, and her seed,––He, shall crush thy head, But, thou, shalt crush his heel.

⁷ So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel,––and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon; ⁸ and they enfeebled and oppressed the sons of Israel in that year,––eighteen years, did they this unto all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, that was in Gilead. ⁹ And the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan, to fight, even against Judah and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim,––so that Israel was sore distressed.
¹⁰ Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying,––We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals. ¹¹ Then said Yahweh unto the sons of Israel,––Was it not, from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, [that I saved you]? ¹² The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you,––and ye made outcry unto me, and I saved you out of their hand. ¹³ Yet have, ye, forsaken me, and served other gods,––therefore will I not again save you. ¹⁴ Go and make outcry unto the gods whom ye have chosen,––they, must save you, in the time of your tribulation. ¹⁵ And the sons of Israel said unto Yahweh––We have sinned, do, thou, with us, according to all that is fitting in thine eyes,––only rescue us, we beseech thee this day. ¹⁶ And they put away the gods of the stranger out of their midst, and served Yahweh,––and his soul was impatient of the misery of Israel. ¹⁷ Now the sons of Ammon were called out, and they encamped in Gilead,––and the sons of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. ¹⁸ Then said the people, the princes of Gilead, one to another, Who is the man that will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? he shall become head to all the inhabitants of Gilead.

¹² So then Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the sons of Ammon, saying,––What occasion is there between us, that thou shouldst have come unto me, to fight against my land? ¹³ And the king of the sons of Ammon said unto the messengers of Jephthah––Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan,––now, therefore, restore them in peace. ¹⁴ And Jephthah yet once more sent messengers unto the king of the sons of Ammon; ¹⁵ and said unto him, Thus, saith Jephthah,––Israel took not away the land of Moab, or the land of the sons of Ammon; ¹⁶ for, when they came up out of Egypt, and Israel journeyed through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and came in unto Kadesh, ¹⁷ then did Israel send messengers unto the king of Edom, saying––Let me pass, I pray thee, through thy land, but the king of Edom hearkened not, unto the king of Moab also, sent they, but he would not consent,––so Israel abode in Kadesh. ¹⁸ Then journeyed they through the desert, and went round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and so came, from the rising of the sun, to the land of Moab, but encamped beyond Arnon,––and entered not within the boundary of Moab, for, Arnon, is the boundary of Moab. ¹⁹ Then did Israel send messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon,––and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land as far as my own place. ²⁰ But Sihon trusted not Israel, to pass through his boundary, so Sihon gathered together all his people, and encamped in Jahaz,––and fought against Israel. ²¹ Then did Yahweh, God of Israel, deliver up Sihon, and all his people, into the hand of Israel, and they smote them,––so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that land. ²² Yea they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites,––from Arnon, even as far as the Jabbok, and from the desert, even as far as the Jordan. ²³ Now, therefore, it was, Yahweh God of Israel, that dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,––and shalt, thou, possess it? ²⁴ What Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess, that, wilt thou not possess? and, whatsoever Yahweh our God hath set before us to possess, that, shall we not possess? ²⁵ Now, therefore, art thou, really better, than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Hath there been any, striving at all, with Israel, or any, fighting at all, with them, ²⁶ all the time that Israel hath been dwelling in Heshbon and in her towns, and in Aroer and in her towns, and in all the cities that are on the banks of Arnon,––for three hundred years? Wherefore, then, have ye not made a rescue within that time? ²⁷ I, therefore, have not sinned against thee; but, thou, art doing me a wrong, in fighting against me,––Let Yahweh, the Judge, give judgment today, between the sons of Israel, and the sons of Ammon! ²⁸ But the king of the sons of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah, which he sent unto him.
²⁹ Then came upon Jephthah the spirit of Yahweh, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh,––and passed through Mizpeh of Gilead, and, from Mizpeh of Gilead, he passed through [unto] the sons of Ammon. ³⁰ And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Yahweh, and said,––If thou wilt, deliver, the sons of Ammon into my hand, ³¹ then shall it be, that, whosoever cometh forth out of the doors of my house, to meet me, when I return successful, from the sons of Ammon, shall belong unto Yahweh, and I will offer him up, as an ascending–sacrifice. ³² So then Jephthah passed over unto the sons of Ammon, to fight against them,––and Yahweh delivered them into his hand; ³³ and he smote them, from Aroer even till thou enterest in to Minnith, even twenty cities, and as far as Abel–keramim, with an exceeding great smiting,––and thus were the sons of Ammon subdued before the sons of Israel. ³⁴ Then came Jephthah towards Mizpah, unto his own house, and lo! his daughter, coming forth to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances,––and, she, was none other than his only child, he had not, besides her, either son or daughter. ³⁵ And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said––Alas! my daughter, Thou hast, brought me low, Even, thou, hast come to be among them who trouble me,––Yet, I, opened wide my mouth unto Yahweh, and cannot go back. ³⁶ And she said unto him––My father! Thou hast opened wide thy mouth unto Yahweh, Do with me, according to that which hath gone forth out of thy mouth,––after that Yahweh hath exacted for thee an avenging from thine enemies, from the sons of Ammon. ³⁷ And she said unto her father, Let this thing, be done for me,––Let me alone two months, that I may depart, and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions. ³⁸ And he said––Depart. So he let her go, for two months,––and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity, upon the mountains. ³⁹ And it came to pass, at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, and he fulfilled on her his vow which he had vowed,––she not having known man. And it became a statute, in Israel:–– ⁴⁰ From year to year, departed the daughters of Israel, to lament aloud for the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, four days in the year.

¹ Now, the Philistines, having taken the ark of God,––brought it in from Eben–ezer, unto Ashdod. ² And, when the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon,––and placed it by the side of Dagon.

² And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, Hereby, will I solemnise [a covenant] with you by digging out for you, every one’s right eye,––and laying it for a reproach, upon all Israel.

¹ And it came to pass, after this, that the king of the sons of Ammon died,––and that Hanun his son reigned in his stead. ² Then said David––I will shew lovingkindness unto Hanun son of Nahash, as his father shewed, unto me, lovingkindness. So David sent to comfort him, by the hand of his servants, as to his father,––and the servants of David came into the land of the sons of Ammon. ³ Then said the rulers of the sons of Ammon unto Hanun their lord––Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, that he hath sent unto thee comforters? Is it not, for the sake of exploring the city, and spying it out, and overthrowing it, that David hath sent his servants unto thee? ⁴ Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off half their beards, and cut off their upper garments in the middle, as far as their buttocks,––and let them go. ⁵ And, when they told David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed,––and the king said––Tarry at Jericho, until your beards be grown, then shall ye return.

² And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans, and troops of Syrians, and troops of Moabites, and troops of the sons of Ammon, yea he sent them against Judah, to destroy him,––according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through his servants the prophets.

¹ And it came to pass, after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and, with them, some of the Meunim, came against Jehoshaphat, to battle.

⁶ So he went forth and made war against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,––and built cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Meunim. ⁸ And the Ammonites gave a present to Uzziah,––and his name went forth as far as the entering in of Egypt, for he shewed exceeding great strength.

⁴ Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah,––and troubling them in building; ⁵ and hiring against them counselors, to overturn their purpose,––all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius, king of Persia.
⁶ And, in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation, against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. ⁷ And, in the days of Artaxerxes, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates, unto Artaxerxes, king of Persia,––and, the writing of the letter, was written in Aramean, and was to be interpreted as Aramean. ⁸ Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a certain letter against Jerusalem,––to Artaxerxes the king, thus: ⁹ Then Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates,––the Dinaites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites; ¹⁰ and the rest of the peoples, whom the great and noble Osnappar hath exiled, and set in the city of Samaria,––and the rest Beyond the River, and so forth: ¹¹ This, is a copy of the letter which they sent unto him––unto Artaxerxes the king,––Thy servants, the men Beyond the River and so forth: ¹² Be it known unto the king,––that, the Jews who came up from thee unto us, are come to Jerusalem,––the rebellious and wicked city, are they building, and, the walls, have they finished, and, the foundations, will they repair. ¹³ Now be it known to the king, that, if this city, be built, and, the walls thereof, be finished, neither, tribute, excise, nor toll, will they render, and so, the revenue of the kings, shalt thou damage. ¹⁴ Now, because the salt of the palace we have eaten, the impoverishment of the king, it is not meet for us to see,––therefore have we sent, and certified the king; ¹⁵ so that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers, so shalt thou find out in the book of records––and shalt ascertain, that, this city, is a rebellious city, and one that causeth damage unto kings and provinces, and that, rebellion, have they been wont to cause in the midst thereof since the days of age–past time,––for this cause, was this city laid waste. ¹⁶ We do certify the king that, if, this city, be built, and, the walls thereof, finished, for that very reason, portion Beyond the River, shalt thou have none.

⁸ Be it known unto the king, that we journeyed into the province of Judah, unto the house of the Great God, and, the same, is being built with large stones, and, timber, is being laid in the walls,––and, this work, with speed, is being done, and is prospering in their hands.

¹⁰ And, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it vexed them, with a great vexation,––that there had come a man, to seek welfare, for the sons of Israel.

¹⁹ But, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed at us, and poured contempt upon us,––and said, What is this thing which ye would do? against the king, would ye rebel?

¹ But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased,––and mocked the Jews;

²³ Moreover, in these days, saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab; ²⁴ and, their children, were one–half speaking the language of Ashdod, and understood not how to speak the language of the Jews,––but after the tongue of both people.

²⁰ And all the Bedawin, and all the kings of the land of Uz,––and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, even Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

³ So then thou shalt say to the sons of Ammon, Hear ye, the word of My Lord, Yahweh: Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: Because thou saidst, Aha! Against my sanctuary when it was profaned, And against the soil of Israel when it was laid waste, And against the house of Judah, when they went into exile, ⁴ Therefore, behold me! delivering thee up to the Sons of the East for a possession, And they shall set their encampments in thee, And place in thee their habitations, They, shall eat thy fruits, And, they, shall drink thy milk; ⁵ And I will make of Rabbah a home for camels, And the sons of Ammon a couching–place for flocks, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh. ⁶ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because thou didst clap thy hands, and stamp with thy foot,––and didst rejoice with all thy contempt, in thy soul, against the soil of Israel, ⁷ Therefore, behold me! I have stretched out my hand over thee, And will deliver thee for a prey to the nations, And will cut thee off from among the peoples, And will cause thee to perish from among the lands,––I will destroy thee, So shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.

⁸ And I will cut off the inhabitant out of Ashdod, and the holder of the sceptre out of Ashkelon,––and will turn my hand against Ekron, So shall perish the remnant of the Philistines, saith My Lord, Yahweh.

¹³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their ripping up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might enlarge their own boundary,

⁹ Announce it over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt,––and say ye––Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold ye––the great disorders in the midst thereof, and the oppressed within her.

⁵ Ashkelon, shall see, and fear, Gaza, also, which shall writhe in great anguish, Ekron, also, because abashed is her expectation,––and the king, shall perish, from Gaza, and, Ashkelon, not be inhabited; ⁶ And there shall be seated a half–breed in Ashdod,––So will I cut off the arrogance of the Philistines;

¹⁷ Nevertheless, lest it further spread abroad among the people, let us charge them with threats, to be no more speaking upon this name, to any soul of man. ¹⁸ And, calling them, they gave them the sweeping charge,––not to be sounding aloud, nor even to be teaching, upon the name of Jesus.

³³ And, they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were making up their minds to slay them.

¹² For this cause, be joyful, O heavens, and ye who, therein, are tabernacling. Woe! unto the earth, and the sea, because the Adversary hath come down unto you, having great wrath––knowing that, but a little season, he hath. ¹³ And, when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he pursued the woman who had brought forth the manchild.

¹⁷ And the dragon was angered against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed––with them who were keeping the commandments of God, and holding the witness of Jesus; ––and he stood upon the sand of the sea.