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And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us so ten times, from all the places whence they returned to us,
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I set in the lower places behind the wall in exposed places, I even set the people, according to their families, with their swords, their spears and their bows.
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And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
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And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
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And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
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They that built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that loaded, wrought in the work with one hand, and with the other they held a weapon.
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And the builders had every one his sword girded by his side, and built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
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And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:
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in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.
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And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.
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Likewise at the same time I said to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and [be for] labour in the day.