Neh 4:16 | TSK | e4.org | my servants , ; and the other half This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men, to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it. habergeons Habergeon , from the Teutonic hals , the neck, and bergen , to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic hautbergon signifies a coat of mail; the original shiryon , we have already seen, denotes a corslet.

‏ Nehemiah 4:16

my servants Neh 4:23, Neh 5:15-16; Ps 101:6

and the other half This is no unusual thing in Palestine, even at the present day; people sowing their seed are often attended by armed men, to prevent the Arabs from robbing them of it.

habergeons Habergeon, from the Teutonic hals, the neck, and bergen, to cover, defend, may be considered as signifying a breast-plate, though the Franco-Gallic hautbergon signifies a coat of mail; the original shiryon, we have already seen, denotes a corslet.