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But it came to pass ,
that when Sanballat ,
and Tobiah ,
and the Arabians ,
and the Ammonites ,
and the Ashdodites ,
heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up #
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and that the breaches began to be stopped ,
then they were very wroth ,
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And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem ,
and to hinder #
it .
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Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God ,
and set a watch against them day and night ,
because of them .
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And Judah said ,
The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed ,
and there is much rubbish ;
so that we are not able to build the wall .
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And our adversaries said ,
They shall not know ,
neither see ,
till we come in the midst among them ,
and slay them ,
and cause the work to cease .
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And it came to pass ,
that when the Jews which dwelt by them came ,
they said unto us ten times pa #
am #,
From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you .
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Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall ,
and on the higher places ts @,
I even set the people after their families with their swords ,
their spears ,
and their bows .
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And I looked ,
and rose up ,
and said unto the nobles ,
and to the rulers ,
and to the rest of the people ,
Be not ye afraid of them :
remember the Lord ,
which 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 ,
when our enemies heard that it was known unto us ,
and God had brought #
their counsel to nought ,
that we returned all of us to the wall ,
every one unto his work m @
la #
kah #.
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And it came to pass from that time forth ,
that the half of my servants wrought in the work m @
la #
kah #,
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 .
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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 m @
la #
kah #,
and with the other hand held a weapon .
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For the builders ,
every one had his sword girded by his side ,
and so builded .
And he that sounded the trumpet was by me .
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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 .
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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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So we laboured in the work m @
la #
kah #:
and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared .
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Likewise at the same time said I unto the people ,
Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem ,
that in the night they may be a guard to us ,
and labour on the day .
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So neither I ,
nor my brethren ,
nor my servants na #
ar #,
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 .