So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.