then set I the people after their kindreds with their swords, spears, and bows beneath, in the low places behind the wall;

And from that time forth it came to pass, that the half part of the young men did the labour, and the other half part held spears, shields, bows, and breastplates: and the rulers stood behind all the house of Judah,

and we will be laboring in the work." And the half part of them held the spears from the morning spring, till the stars came forth.