Ne 4:16-18 (Annotée Neuchâtel)

¹⁶ Et depuis ce jour la moitié de mes gens travaillait à l'ouvrage, et l'autre moitié était armée de lances, de boucliers, d'arcs et de cuirasses, et les chefs se tenaient derrière toute la maison de Juda.
¹⁷ Pour ce qui est de ceux qui travaillaient à la muraille, les porteurs se chargeaient de leurs fardeaux, d'une main travaillant à l'ouvrage, et de l'autre tenant leur arme,
¹⁸ et les constructeurs avaient chacun son épée attachée sur ses reins, et ils bâtissaient ; et celui qui sonnait de la trompette se tenait à côté de moi.

Ne 4:16-18 (King James)

¹⁶ And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
¹⁷ 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.
¹⁸ For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.