Nehemiah 4:17-18
4:17 who were rebuilding the wall. 1 Those who were carrying loads did so 2 by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon.
4:18 The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter 3 remained with me.
1 tn The first words of v. 17, “who were rebuilding the wall,” should be taken with the latter part of v. 16.
2 tn Heb “were carrying loads.” The LXX reads ἐν ὅπλοις (en hoplois, “with weapons”).
3 tn Heb “the one blowing the shophar.”