Nehemiah 4:21

So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

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In The King James Version

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

In Context

20Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

22And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Galatians 6:9And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

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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