Nehemiah 4:16-18

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ From that day on, half of the young men who were serving under me were doing the work, and half of them were holding shields, spears, and bows and wearing armor. The officers were stationed behind the whole house of Judah. ¹⁷ The people who were building the wall and those who were carrying the materials for building were doing their work with one hand, while the other hand held a weapon. ¹⁸ As they built, the builders were armed, each man with his sword on his hip. The man who sounded the ram’s horn was next to me.