Nehemiah 4:11-13

New Century Version

¹¹ And our enemies said, “The Jews won’t know or see anything until we come among them and kill them and stop the work.”

¹² Then the Jewish people who lived near our enemies came and told us ten times, “Everywhere you turn, the enemy will attack us.” ¹³ So I put people behind the lowest places along the wall—the open places—and I put families together with their swords, spears, and bows.