Nehemiah 4:18

Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

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In The King James Version

For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

In Context

17Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

19And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:

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Cross References

Numbers 10:9And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:17-23

The Precautions of Nehemiah. ( b. c. 445.) 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by… Read the whole commentary →

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