¹⁸ And I told them ^(A)of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” ^(B)So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

⁶ So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.