20. When you hear the trumpet sound, come and gather where we are. Our God will fight for us!"
21. So we continued the work, with half of them holding spears from dawn until dusk.
22. I also said to the people at that time, "Let every man and his servant spend the night in Jerusalem so that we can guard during the night and work during the day."
23. Neither I nor my relatives, nor my servants, nor my bodyguards took off our clothes, even when they sent for water.