Nehemiah 4:11 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:11

11: Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, "Before they know what's happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work."

But don't do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to jump him and kill him. They have vowed not to eat or drink until they kill him. They are ready, expecting you to agree to their request."

So disaster will overtake you suddenly, and you won't be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you, and you won't be able to buy your way out. A catastrophe will arise so fast that you won't know what hit you.

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

I will catch up to him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king,

So the Israelites set an ambush all around Gibeah.
They went out on the third day and assembled at the same place as before.
When the warriors of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.
Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, "We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!" But the Israelites had agreed in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.
When the main group of Israelite warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and prepared to attack. Then the Israelites hiding in ambush west of Gibeah jumped up from where they were

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

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