Brenton(i)
16 And it came to pass from that day that half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and there were spears, and shields, and bows, and breast-plates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,
17 even of them that were building the wall: — and those who carried the burdens were under arms: each with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart.
18 And the builders wrought each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.