Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed the people in order, in places behind the wall, all around it, with their swords, and lances, and bows

Other versions

King James Version

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

English Standard Version

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

New International Version

Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.