And from that time forth the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held the spears, and the shields, and the bows, and the corslets; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.

And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.

And next to them repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth-zur, even over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.

After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the chief of the half district of Keilah, for his district.

After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the chief of the half district of Keilah.

But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.

And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

And the second choir went in the opposite direction upon the wall, and I after them, and the half of the people, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall;

And both choirs stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.