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Nehemiah 4:17
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.