Nehemiah 4:17-19

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁷ who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried the loads worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other. ¹⁸ Each of the builders had his sword strapped around his waist while he was building, and the trumpeter was beside me. ¹⁹ Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people:^(A) “The work is enormous and spread out, and we are separated far from one another along the wall.^(B)