And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

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

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;

So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:

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