King James Version (KJV)
Nehemiah 4:18
“For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] builded. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.”
Verse in context — Nehemiah 4
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.
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.
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and [so] builded. And he that sounded the trumpet [was] by me.
And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
In what place [therefore] ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
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Rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls and restoring the community’s faith.
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