Matthew Poole and continuators on Nehemiah 4:13

13 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.

To stand by, and within the walls where they were lowest and not yet raised to their due heighth, and therefore most liable to the enemies assault.

Upon the tops of the walls where they were finished, and the Towers which were built here and there upon the wall; whence they might shoot arrows, or throw stones against their enemies, when they made their approaches.

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