8. [4:2] And they plotted all of them together to come and to fight against Yerushalayim, and to hinder it.
9. [4:3] Nevertheless we davened unto Eloheinu, and set a watch against them yomam valailah, because of them.
10. [4:4] And Yehudah said, The koach of the bearers of burdens is giving out, and there is much rubble, so that we are not able to rebuild the Chomah (Wall).
11. [4:5] And our adversaries said, They shall have no da'as, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the melachah (work) to cease.
12. [4:6] And it came to pass, that when the Yehudim which dwelt near them came, they said unto us eser p'amim, Wherever ye turn, they will be upon us.
13. [4:7] Therefore set I behind the lower places of the Chomah, and on the exposed places, I even set HaAm by their mishpekhot with their swords, their spears, and their bows.