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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
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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