Nehemiah 4:17
who were building the wall. Those carrying materials worked with one hand, holding a weapon in the other.
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18All the builders carried a sword strapped to their side, and the trumpeter stood beside me.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:13So I positioned defenders behind the lowest, most vulnerable sections, of the wall. I had them take their positions by families, armed with their swords, spears, and bows.
Daniel 9:25You need to know and understand that from the time the command is given to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, seven weeks plus sixty-two weeks will elapse. It will be built with streets and defenses, in spite of the difficult times.
1 Corinthians 9:12If others exercise this right over you, don't we deserve it even more? Even so we did not exercise this right. On the contrary we would rather put up with anything than hold back the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 16:13Stay alert. Stand firm in your trust in God. Take courage. Be strong.
Ephesians 6:11Put on all the armor of God so you can withstand all the devil's attacks!
2 Timothy 2:3Suffer together with me like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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 →