¶ 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.
And it came to pass from that time {H3117} forth, that the half {H2677} of my servants {H5288} wrought {H6213} in the work {H4399}, and the other half {H2677} of them held {H2388} both the spears {H7420}, the shields {H4043}, and the bows {H7198}, and the habergeons {H8302}; and the rulers {H8269} were behind {H310} all the house {H1004} of Judah {H3063}.
From then on, half of my men would do the work; and half of them held the spears, shields, bows and armor; while the leaders stood guard behind the entire house of Y'hudah,
And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
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Nehemiah 4:23
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, [saving that] every one put them off for washing. -
Psalms 101:6
Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. -
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. -
Nehemiah 5:16
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.