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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;)
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.
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?
6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after
this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open
letter in his hand;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and
two days.
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.
6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the
letters of Tobiah came unto them.
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.
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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