Neh 4:16-21 | 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 4:16-21

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.

bare burdens Neh 4:10

every one That is, he had his arms at hand; and was as fully prepared to fight as to work. The builders could not possibly have made any progress, if they had literally held a weapon in one of their hands; but the expression is evidently figurative, implying that every man was a much a soldier as a builder.

with one Dan 9:25; 1Cor 9:12, 1Cor 16:9, 1Cor 16:13; 2Cor 6:7; Eph 6:11-20; Phil 1:28; 2Tim 2:3; 2Tim 4:7

by his side Heb. on his loins

he that sounded Num 10:9; 2Chr 13:12-17

our God Exod 14:14, Exod 14:25; Deut 1:30, Deut 3:22, Deut 20:4; Josh 23:10; Zech 14:3

So we 1Cor 15:10, 1Cor 15:58; Gal 6:9; Col 1:29