John Gill, on Neh 4:13

“I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.”

“Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall,.... Where the wall was lowest, and the enemy could more easily break it down, or get over it: and on the higher places; where the wall was higher; or rather on the towers upon the walls, as the word signifies the tops of rocks, which are dry and smooth, see Eze 24:2. I even set the people after their families; according to their rank, number, strength, and valour: with their swords, their spears, and their bows; with weapons they could use both near, and at a distance.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.