Nehemiah 13:20

So the merchants, &c. The device only partially succeeded; and various merchants, who had been compelled for 24 hours to remain without the walls, seem to have carried on their trade with such of the inhabitants as came outside to deal with them. We gather from the verse that the chief market was held on the first day of the week.

lodged i.e. passed the night, as in Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:25.