Nehemiah 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. (NASB ©1995)Nehemiah 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.
Nehemiah 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. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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.my servants 23 5:15,16 Ps 101:6 and the other half (This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men, to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it.) habergeons (Habergeon, from the Teutonic hals, the neck, and bergen, to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic hautbergon signifies a coat of mail; the original shiryon, we have already seen, denotes a corslet.) Concordance Entries Armor Behind Body-covers Bows Breastplates Business Captains Carried Chiefs Coats Construction Corslets Equipped Forth Habergeons Half Heads Held Hold Judah Keeping Kept Leaders Mail Metal Officers Pass Posted Rulers Servants Shields Spears Stood Themselves War-dresses Worked Working Wrought Yea Jump to Previous Occurrence Bows Breastplates Captains Carried Coats Construction Forth Habergeons Half Held House Judah Leaders Mail Rulers Servants Shields Spears Time Work Worked Wrought Jump to Next Occurrence Bows Breastplates Captains Carried Coats Construction Forth Habergeons Half Held House Judah Leaders Mail Rulers Servants Shields Spears Time Work Worked Wrought New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
