The connection of Nehemiah 4:7–23 to the next section of the book
Nehemiah 4:7–23 (ESV)
7But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.
Opposition to the work of the Lord comes not only from enemies outside the circle of God’s people. The next paragraph introduces us to hindrances from within.
7 But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.