Graphic Bible · Scene 5 of 7
Nehemiah 4:9-12
Half Build, Half Guard
Work and Watch · Nehemiah 4
Story guide: The enemy plan is frustrated, and the people return to work in an organized line of builders, carriers, guards, and a trumpeter.
Open this scene in the reader →9And it happened that when our enemies heard that it had become known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each man to his work.
10And from that day on, half of my young men were doing the work, and half of them were holding the spears, the shields, the bows, and the armor; and the officers were behind all the house of Judah.
11The builders on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand each did the work, and with the other held his weapon.
12And the builders each had his sword strapped at his side while they built, and the one blowing the trumpet was beside me.
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