Nehemiah 4:21
King James Version
“So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.”
Context
18For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and builded. And he that sounded the trumpet by me.
19And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
20In what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one put them off for washing.