Neh 4:8 All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it.
Neh 4:10 ¶ Thus in Judah it was said, "The strength of the burden bearers is failing, Yet there is much rubbish; And we ourselves are unable To rebuild the wall."
Neh 4:11 Our enemies said, "They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work."
Neh 4:12 When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, "They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,"
Neh 4:13 then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows.
Neh 4:14 When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: "Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses."
Neh 4:15 ¶ When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.
Neh 4:16 From that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows and the breastplates; and the captains were behind the whole house of Judah.
Neh 4:17 Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.
Neh 4:18 As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me.
Neh 4:20 "At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us."
Neh 4:21 ¶ So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared.
Neh 4:22 At that time I also said to the people, "Let each man with his servant spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day."
Neh 4:23 So neither I, my brothers, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water.
Neh 5:1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Neh 5:2 For there were those who said, "We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live."
Neh 5:3 There were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine."
Neh 5:4 Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.
Neh 5:5 "Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others."
Neh 5:6 ¶ Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.