Nehemiah 4:15-17

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁵ When our enemies heard that their plan was known to us and that God had frustrated their strategy, all of us returned to the wall, each man to his own work. ¹⁶ From that day on, half of the young men who were serving under me were doing the work, and half of them were holding shields, spears, and bows and wearing armor. The officers were stationed behind the whole house of Judah. ¹⁷ The people who were building the wall and those who were carrying the materials for building were doing their work with one hand, while the other hand held a weapon.