Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 14:5
Source: Septuagint
5And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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3So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
4And Judah said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet there is much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 14:5 —
6And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.
7So I set men in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.