Nehemiah 4:15-17

Legacy Standard Bible

Doing the Work and Holding a Weapon

¹⁵ Now it happened that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that ^(A)God had thwarted their counsel, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work. ¹⁶ And it happened that from that day on, half of my young men carried on the work while half of them took hold of the spears, the shields, the bows, and the breastplates; and the commanders were behind the whole house of Judah. ¹⁷ Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.