Nehemiah 4:17

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

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bare burdens.
Nehemiah 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.
Daniel 9:25; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1 Corinthians 16:9; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Corinthians 6:7; Ephesians 6:11-20; Philippians 1:28; 2 Timothy 2:3
2 Timothy 4:7