Nehemiah 4:11-13

Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ And our enemies said, “They won’t realize it^[a] until we’re among them and can kill them and stop the work.” ¹² When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again,^[b] “Everywhere you turn, they attack^[c] us.” ¹³ So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.