Nehemiah 4:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ And from that day, half of the young men did the labor, and the other half of them held the spears, and shields, and bows, and armor. And the rulers stood behind the whole House of Judah,

¹⁷ those who built on the wall and those who bore burdens. Those who loaded did the work with one hand and held the sword with the other.

¹⁸ For every one of the builders had his sword girded on his loins and built. And he who blew the trumpet was beside me.