ASV_Strong : Nehemiah 6
1. Now it came to pass[H8085], when it was reported to Sanballat[H5571] and Tobiah[H2900], and to Geshem[H1654] the Arabian[H6163], and unto the rest[H3499] of our enemies[H341], that I had builded[H1129] the wall[H2346], and that there was no breach[H6556] left[H3498] therein[H1571]; (though even unto that time[H6256] I had not set up[H5975] the doors[H1817] in the gates[H8179]😉
2. that Sanballat[H5571] and Geshem[H1654] sent[H7971] unto me[H559], saying, Come[H3212], let us meet[H3259] together[H3162] in one of the villages[H3715] in the plain[H1237] of Ono[H207]. But they thought[H2803] to do[H6213] me mischief[H7451].
3. And I sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto them[H559], saying, I am doing[H6213] a great[H1419] work[H4399], so that I cannot[H3201] come down[H3381]: why should the work[H4399] cease[H7673], whilst[H834] I leave[H7503] it[H3381], and come down to you?
4. And they sent[H7971] unto me four[H702] times[H6471] after this sort[H1697]; and I answered[H7725] them after the same manner[H1697].
5. Then sent[H7971] Sanballat[H5571] his servant[H5288] unto me in like manner[H1697] the fifth[H2549] time[H6471] with an open[H6605] letter[H107] in his hand[H3027],
6. wherein was written[H3789], It is reported[H8085] among the nations[H1471], and Gashmu[H1654] saith[H559] it[H3064], that thou and the Jews think[H2803] to rebel[H4775]; for which cause[H3651] thou art building[H1129] the wall[H2346]: and thou wouldest be[H1933] their king[H4428], according to these words[H1697].
7. And thou hast also appointed[H5975] prophets[H5030] to preach[H7121] of thee at Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559], There is a king[H4428] in Judah[H3063]: and now shall it be reported[H8085] to the king[H4428] according to these words[H1697]. Come[H3212] now therefore[H3289], and let us take counsel together[H3162].
8. Then I sent[H7971] unto him[H559], saying, There are[H1961] no such things[H1697] done[H1961] as thou sayest[H559], but thou feignest[H908] them out of thine own heart[H3820].
9. For they all would have made us afraid[H3372], saying[H559], Their hands[H3027] shall be weakened[H7503] from the work[H4399], that it be not done[H6213]. But now[H2388], O God, strengthen thou my hands[H3027].
10. And I went[H935] unto the house[H1004] of Shemaiah[H8098] the son[H1121] of Delaiah[H1806] the son[H1121] of Mehetabel[H4105], who was shut up[H6113]; and he said[H559], Let us meet together[H3259] in the house[H1004] of God[H430], within[H8432] the temple[H1964], and let us shut[H5462] the doors[H1817] of the temple[H1964]: for they will come[H935] to slay[H2026] thee[H3915]; yea, in the night will they come[H935] to slay thee[H2026].
11. And I said[H559], Should such[H3644] a man[H376] as I flee[H1272]? and who is there[H935], that, being such as I, would go into the temple[H1964] to save his life[H2425]? I will not go in[H935].
12. And I discerned[H5234], and[H430], lo, God had not sent[H7971] him[H1696]; but he pronounced this prophecy[H5016] against me[H2900]: and Tobiah and Sanballat[H5571] had hired him[H7936].
13. For this cause was he hired[H7936], that I should be afraid[H3372], and do so[H6213], and sin[H2398], and that they might have matter for an evil[H7451] report[H8034], that they might reproach me[H2778].
14. Remember[H2142], O my God[H430], Tobiah[H2900] and Sanballat[H5571] according to these their works[H4639], and also the prophetess[H5031] Noadiah[H5129], and the rest[H3499] of the prophets[H5030], that would have put me in fear[H3372].
15. So the wall[H2346] was finished[H7999] in the twenty[H6242] and fifth[H2568] day of the month Elul[H435], in fifty[H2572] and two[H8147] days[H3117].
16. And it came to pass[H341], when all our enemies heard[H8085] thereof[H1471], that all the nations that were about us[H5439] feared[H7200], and were much[H3966] cast down[H5307] in their own eyes[H5869]; for they perceived[H3045] that this work[H4399] was wrought[H4399] of our God[H430].
17. Moreover in those days[H3117] the nobles[H2715] of Judah[H3063] sent[H1980] many[H7235] letters[H107] unto Tobiah[H2900], and the letters of Tobiah[H2900] came unto them[H935].
18. For there were many[H7227] in Judah[H3063] sworn[H1167] unto him[H2860], because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah[H7935] the son[H1121] of Arah[H733]; and his son[H1121] Jehohanan[H3076] had taken[H3947] the daughter[H1323] of Meshullam[H4918] the son[H1121] of Berechiah to wife[H1296].
19. Also they spake[H559] of his good deeds[H2896] before[H6440] me[H3318], and reported my words[H1697] to him[H2900]. And Tobiah sent[H7971] letters[H107] to put me in fear[H3372].
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