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Nehemiah 4:3

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Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
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  1. Nehemiah 2:19Rank 1 from verse 3
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    19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

  2. 1 Kings 20:10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    10And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

  3. 1 Kings 20:18Rank 3 from verse 3
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    18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

  4. 2 Kings 18:23Rank 4 from verse 3
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    23Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

  5. Nehemiah 2:10Rank 5 from verse 3
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    10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

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Nehemiah 4:3

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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fox

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1. A wild animal. 2. Figuratively, a person likened to a fox.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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break

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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.

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stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

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wall

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Sense 1: A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a defense or protection.

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2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify 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?

3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

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4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

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