Nehemiah 4:14-16

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁴ Then I saw their fear. And I arose and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “^(A)Do not fear them; remember the Lord who is great and fearsome, and ^(B)fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”

Doing the Work and Holding a Weapon

¹⁵ Now it happened that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that ^(C)God had thwarted their counsel, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work. ¹⁶ And it happened that from that day on, half of my young men carried on the work while half of them took hold of the spears, the shields, the bows, and the breastplates; and the commanders were behind the whole house of Judah.