The case of Nehemiah was presented before me. He was engaged in building the walls of Jerusalem, and the enemies of God were determined that the walls should not be built. “But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, and conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.” {3T 571.3}

Forholdet med Nehemias blev fremstillet for mig. Han var beskæftiget med at bygge Jerusalems mure og Guds fjender havde bestemt, at murene ikke skulle bygges. »Da nu Sanballat og Tobija og (572) araberne, ammonnitterne og asdoditterne hørte, at det skred fremad med istandsættelsen af Jerusalems mure og at hullerne i muren begyndte at lukkes, blev de meget vrede og de sammensvor sig alle om at drage hen og angribe Jerusalem og fremkalde forvirring der."