Nehemiah 4:13-23

13Therefore set I in the lowest partsH6504 of the space behind the wallH2346, In the open placesH559, I evenH5921 set the peopleH5971 afterH5921 their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14And I looked, and rose upH853, and saidH413 unto the nobles, and to the rulersH430, and to the rest of the peopleH834, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, whichH834 is greatH430 and terrible, and fightH3898 for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses. 15And it cameH3318 to pass, when our enemies heard that it was knownH3318 unto usH6213, and God had broughtH3318 their counsel to nought, that weH587 returnedH5927 allH5704 of usH6213 to the wall, every one unto his workH4399. 16And it cameH1961 to passH1961 from that time forth, that half of my servantsH5288 wrought in the workH4399, and half of them heldH1961 the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind allH3117 the house of Judah. 17They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselvesH310, everyH376 one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the otherH251 held his weaponH7973; 18and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another: 20in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; our God shall fight for us. 21So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day. 23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.