So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, "From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us."
Nehemiah 4:12
Surrounding context
4:11 And our adversaries said, "They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease."
4:12 So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, "From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us."
4:13 Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.