²⁰ Wherever you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, gather with us at that spot. Our God will fight for us.”

²¹ So we continued to work with half of the people holding spears, from the crack of dawn until the stars came out. ²² Also at that time I said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night in Jerusalem. They will serve as a guard for us at night, and in the daytime they will work.”