11 Our enemies said, “They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.” 12 When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, “[a]They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,” 13 then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the [b]exposed places, and I (A)stationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:12 So Gr; Heb omits they...up
  2. Nehemiah 4:13 Lit bare