^4:13So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places.¹⁹ I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

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19 The preserves the anomalous Kethib form צְחִחִיִּים (tsékhikhiyyim); the Qere reads צְחִיחִים (tsékhikhim) which is preferred ( 850 צָהִיחַ; *צָהִיחַ). The meaning of the Hebrew term צְחִיחִים (tsékhikhim) here is uncertain. Elsewhere (Ezek 24:7, 8; 26:4, 14) it refers to a shining or glaring surface of a rock ( 850 צָהִיחַ; *צָהִיחַ), but here it refers to an exposed or vulnerable portion of the wall: “open positions of the wall” ( 2).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I stationed the people behind the deepest part of the wall in the open places according to their families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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