the hand: Nehemiah 2:8
So they strengthened: 2 Samuel 2:7; 1 Chronicles 11:10, 1 Chronicles 19:13; 2 Chronicles 32:5; Ezra 6:22; Haggai 1:13-14; Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 2:13
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Nehemiah 2:18
Nehemiah 2:18
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