16:004:011 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.
16:004:012 And it came to pass, that when the Jews
which dwelt by them
came,
they said unto us ten times, From all places whence
ye
shall
return unto us they will be upon you.
16:004:013 Therefore set I in the lower places behind
the wall, and on
the
higher places, I even set the people after their families
with
their swords, their spears, and their bows.
16:004:014 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.
16:004:015 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.
16:004:016 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.
16:004:017 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.
16:004:018 For the builders, every one had his sword
girded by his side,
and
so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was
by me.
16:004:019 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.
16:004:020 In what place therefore ye hear the sound
of the trumpet,
resort
ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
16:004:021 So we laboured in the work: and half
of them held the spears
from
the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
16:004:022 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.
16:004:023 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.
16:005:001 And there was a great cry of the people
and of their wives
against
their brethren the Jews.


