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Nehemiah 4:9 And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection…

- - - - was a Samaritan leader and official of the Persian Achaemenid Empire
      - he was enraged with the rebuilding at Jerusalem
      - jeered at Jews
      - he wondered Jews could rebuild and revive it
- - - - At that time the Jews who lived near them came from all directions and said to us ten times, “You must return to us.”5
      - Nehemiah responses
        
        physical setting
        
        13 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.
        
        mental setting: recalling who is GOD
        
        And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, x“Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, ywho is great and awesome, zand fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
- - - - When our enemies heard that it was known to us aand that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work.
    - - one hand working while the other holding weapon
  - - - hearing to trumpet and remembering God's hand for them