For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
Forsoþe he seide to Juda, Bilde we þese cytees, and cumpasse we with wallis, and strengþe we with touris and yatis and lockis, as longe as alle thingis ben restful fro batel; for we han souyte þe Lord God of oure fadris, and he hath youe to vs pees bi cumpas. Þerfor þei bildiden, and no lettyng was in bildyng.