15 ¶ Notwithstanding the wall was finished on the five and twentieth day of [a]Elul, in two and [b]fifty days.

16 And when all our enemies heard thereof, even all the heathen that were about us, they were afraid, and their courage failed them: for they knew that this work was wrought by our God.

17 And in these days were there many of the princes of Judah, whose [c]letters went unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah came unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:15 Which was the sixth month and contained part of August, and part of September.
  2. Nehemiah 6:15 After that I had sent Sanballat his answer.
  3. Nehemiah 6:17 Thus the Church of God hath evermore enemies within itself, which are more dangerous than the outward and professed enemy.

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