²⁰ At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, assemble to us there. ^(A)Our God will fight for us.”

²¹ So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from ^[a]dawn until the stars ^[b]appeared. ²² At that time I also said to the people, “Each man with his servant shall spend the night within Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day.”