They do not jostle one another; each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,
But if they do not listen, they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each kept his weapon at his right hand.
who were building on the wall. Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.
And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house.
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