Nehemiah 4:10

New American Bible - revised edition

From that time on, however, only half my work force took a hand in the work, while the other half, armed with spears, bucklers, bows, and breastplates, stood guard behind the whole house of Judah

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:13

were in charge of the men who carried the burdens, and they directed all the workers in every kind of labor. Some of the other Levites were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers. The Finding of the Law.

Nehemiah 4:11

as they rebuilt the wall. The load carriers, too, were armed; each worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

Nehemiah 4:2

They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to throw us into confusion.

Nehemiah 4:9

When our enemies realized that we had been warned and that God had upset their plan, we all went back, each to our own task at the wall.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has made his army wage a hard campaign against Tyre; their heads grew bald, their shoulders rubbed raw, yet neither he nor his army received compensation from Tyre for all the effort they expended against it.

Haggai 1:2

Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people has said: “Now is not the time to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack these people; they are too strong for us.”

Numbers 32:9

They went up to the Wadi Eshcol and reconnoitered the land, then so discouraged the Israelites that they would not enter the land the Lord had given them.