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NE-6:1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and
Geshem the
Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded
the wall, and
[that] there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I
had not set up
the doors upon the gates;)
NE-6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come,
let us meet
together in [some one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But
they thought
to do me mischief.
NE-6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a
great work, so
that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I
leave it, and
come down to you?
NE-6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I
answered them
after the same manner.
NE-6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner
the fifth time
with an open letter in his hand;
NE-6:6 Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen,
and Gashmu
saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which
cause thou
buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to
these words.
NE-6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee
at Jerusalem,
saying, [There is] a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported
to the king
according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take
counsel
together.
NE-6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things
done as thou
sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
NE-6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall
be weakened
from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God],
strengthen my
hands.
NE-6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of
Delaiah the
son of Mehetabeel, who [was] shut up; and he said, Let us meet
together in the
house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of
the temple: for
they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to
slay thee.
NE-6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who [is
there], that,
[being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I
will not go
in.
NE-6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but
that he
pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat
had hired him.
NE-6:13 Therefore [was] he hired, that I should be afraid, and
do so, and
sin, and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil report,
that they might
reproach me.
NE-6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according
to these their
works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the
prophets, that would
have put me in fear.
NE-6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day]
of [the month]
Elul, in fifty and two days.
NE-6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard
[thereof], and
all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they
were much cast
down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was
wrought of our
God.
NE-6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many
letters unto
Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them.
NE-6:18 For [there were] many in Judah sworn unto him, because
he [was] the
son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan
had taken the
daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
NE-6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and
uttered my words to
him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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