John Trapp on Nehemiah 4:18

Verſe 18. For the builders every one had his ſword girded by his ſide] Heb. On his loynes: that's the place for the ſword to hang on, Pſal. 45.3. Gird thy ſword upon thy thigh O moſt mighty. And Rev. 19.16. Chriſts Name is written upon his veſture, that all may ſee it, and upon his thigh, where his ſword hangs, to ſhew that he won it by his valour. Among the Turks at this day,S. H. Blunt. 94. Ibid. 70. as the right hand is held uppermoſt for a Scholar, ſo the left for a Souldier; becauſe it gives a man poſſeſſion of his companions ſword: though the Turks ſeldome bear weapons but in travel; and then ſome of them ſeeme no leſſe like a walking, then theſe builders did like a working Armourie.