9. When our enemies realized that we had been warned and that God had upset their plan, we all went back, each to our own task at the wall.
10. From that time on, however, only half my work force took a hand in the work, while the other half, armed with spears, bucklers, bows, and breastplates, stood guard behind the whole house of Judah
11. as they rebuilt the wall. The load carriers, too, were armed; each worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.