Nehemiah 4:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ When our enemies realized that we were forewarned and that God had thwarted their plans, they withdrew, and we all went back to the wall, each one to his particular task.

¹⁰ From that time on, however, half of my men did the construction work, while the other half posted themselves behind the whole house of Judah as they rebuilt the wall. ¹¹ Those who carried the building materials did their work with one hand while holding a spear with the other.