Nehemia 4:9

4:9 So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them ¹  both day and night.

Nehemia 4:15

4:15 It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, ²  God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work.

[4:9]  ¹ tn Heb “against them.” The words “to protect” are added in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness. Some emend MT עֲלֵיהֶם (’alehem, “against them”) to עָלֶיהָ (’aleha, “against it,” i.e., Jerusalem).

[4:15]  ² tn Heb “it was known to us.”