Nehemiah 4:21 KJV
So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Nehemiah 4:21, King James Version
In context
20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.