Nehemiah 4:7-15

7And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

8and conspired all of them together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

9Then we prayed to our 1God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.

11And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

12And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,

13I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.

14And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

15And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that 2God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.