Nehemia 4:11

4:11 Our adversaries also boasted, ¹  “Before they are aware or anticipate ²  anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

Nehemia 13:2

13:2 for they had not met the Israelites with food ³  and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “see.”

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.