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Bible Book: Nehemiah
Bible Book Code: 1600400301
Scene no: 1 of 1

Bible Reference & Cartoon Description

Nehemiah 4:3-6 (ANIV)
3 Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his [Sanballat the Horonite] side, said, “What they are building—if even a fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!”

4 Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face [1] of the builders.
6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

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Or, have provoked you to anger before…

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
The time of day is not specified in the Bible narrative. I have set this scene in the early afternoon.

LIGHTING NOTES:
The sun (high in the west (right)) illuminates this scene, casting shadows below and to the left of figures and objects.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
From left to right, a fox, Geshem the Arab, Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This picture is a visual representation of the insulting comment of Tobiah the Ammonite: the walls of Jerusalem did not collapse when a fox ran along them! I decided to place all 3 named opponents of the returning Hebrew people in this picture, even though Geshem the Arab isn’t mentioned in the verses above.

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora; present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.

Here is the scene without the figures or fox in the foreground.

Bible Cartoon: Nehemiah 04 – Opposition to the building – Scene 02 – Tobiah’s insult – Background

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Bible Cartoon: Nehemiah 04 – Opposition to the building – Scene 02 – Tobiah’s insult.

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Bible Doctrine Notes
4:1-23 CHRISTIAN ETHICS, War and Peace (4.44G)
Opposition and danger was ever present as the Hebrew people followed God’s direction to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Prayer, proper preparation and hard work went together for the Hebrew people at this time. Although an appropriate human response to a threat is to mount an appropriate defence, believer’s confidence is based on faith and prayer, rather than on military strength alone.

4:4-5 PRAYER, Curse (5.55C)
We should see this prayer in light of Nehemiah’s other prayers: he had identified completely with God and His plans and will, and so saw his enemies as God’s enemies. In Genesis 12:3, God had promised Abraham that He would curse those who cursed him. Nehemiah’s prayer still allowed vengeance to be the Lord God’s (Deuteronomy 32:35), for Nehemiah did not take his own revenge on his enemies. See note on 2 Kings 1:10-12.