A   But when Sanabalat heard that we buylded the wall, he was wroth in hym selfe, and toke greate indignaci&obar;, ∧ mocked þe; Iewes, and sayde before his brethren ∧ the souldyers of Samaria: what do these impot&ebar;t Iewes? wyll the hethen suffre them? shall they offre? shall they perfourme it in one daye? shal they make þe; stones whole agayne that are brought to dust, and brent? And Tobiah þe; Ammonite was besyde him, &abar;d sayde: Though they buylde, yet yf a foxe go vp, he shall breake downe theyr stonye wall. Heare (O thou oure God) for we are despised, turne their shame vpon their awne heade, ∧ geue th&ebar; ouer into despisynge in the lande of their captiuite. Couer not their wickednesse, ∧ let not their synne be put out &ibar; thy presence: for they haue prouoked þe; buylders. And so buylded we the wall, ∧ it was ioyned whole together, vnto þe; half heygth therof. And the people were mynded to laboure.

B   And it fortuned, þt; when Sanabalat, and Tobiah, ∧ the Arabi&abar;s, Ammonites, ∧ Asoodites heard, þt; the walles of Ierusal&ebar; were mad vp, and þt; the gappes beg&abar;ne to be stopped, they were very wroth, ∧ c&obar;spired all together to come, ∧ fyght against Ierusal&ebar;, &abar;d to make the people an hynderaunce therin. Neuertheles, we made our prayer vnto our God, ∧ set watchmen by th&ebar;, which buylded daye ∧ nyght ouer agaynst them. And Iuda sayd: the strength of the bearers is to feble, ∧ there is yet moch more morter, ∧ we are not able to buyld on the wall. And our aduersaries sayd: they shall not knowe nether se, tyll we come in the middes am&obar;ge th&ebar;, and slaye th&ebar;, and hinder the worcke. But it fortuned þt; when the Iewes (which dwelt besyde th&ebar;) came, they tolde vs as good as ten tymes, þt; in all places where ye go vnto, they are appointed to fal vp&obar; vs. C   Therfore set I þe; people after their k&ibar;redes &wt; their swerdes, speares ∧ bowes beneth in þe; lowe places behynd the wal, ∧ I loked, ∧ gat me vp, ∧ sayd vnto the chefe m&ebar;, to þe; rulers, ∧ to þe; other people, be not ye afrayed of th&ebar;, ^note but thincke rather vp&obar; the greate Lord, whych ought to be feared, ∧ fight for your brethren, your s&obar;nes, yo&highr; daughters, your wiues, ∧ your houses. Neuertheles, it cha&ubar;ced that when our enemies hearde, that we had gotten worde of it. God brought their co&ubar;cel to naught, ∧ we turned all againe to þe; wal, euery one vnto his labo&highr;. And fr&obar; that time forth it came to passe þt; the half parte of the yong men did the laboure, ∧ the other half parte of th&ebar; helde the speares, shyldes, bowes, and brestplates: ∧ the rulers stode behynde all the house of Iuda, which buylded on the wall, and bare burthens fr&obar; those þt; laded th&ebar;. With one hande dyd euery one worcke, ∧ &wt; the other helde he hys weap&ebar;. D   And euery one þt; buylded, had his swerd, gyrde by hys thygh, &abar;d so buylded they. And the trompet blewe besyde me.

And I sayd vnto the principal men, to the rulers, and to the other people: the worke is great and large, ∧ we are separated vpon the wall one farre from another. Loke in what place therfore ye heare the noyse of the trompet, resorte ye thyther vnto vs, ^note ∧ our God shal fight for vs, ∧ we will be labouryng in the worcke. And the halfe part of th&ebar; helde þe; speares fr&obar; þe; mornyng spryng, tyll the starres came forth. And at the same tyme said I vnto the people: euery one abyde with hys seruaunt at Ierusal&ebar;, that in the night seas&obar; we maye watch, and labour on the daye tyme. As for me and my brethren, my serua&ubar;tes, and the m&ebar; of the watch (which were behynde me) we put neuer of oure clothes, nomore then the other dyd theyr harnesse, saue onely because of the water.

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