Nehemiah 6:1-14

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat
<05571>_,

and Tobiah
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and Geshem
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the Arabian
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and the rest
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of our enemies
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heard
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that I had builded
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the wall
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and [that] there was no breach
<06556>

left
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therein; (though
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at that time
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I had not set up
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the doors
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upon the gates
<08179>;)

That Sanballat
<05571>

and Geshem
<01654>

sent
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unto me, saying
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Come
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let us meet
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together
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in [some one of] the villages
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in the plain
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of Ono
<0207>_.

But they thought
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to do
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me mischief
<07451>_.

And I sent
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messengers
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unto them, saying
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I [am] doing
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a great
<01419>

work
<04399>_,

so that I cannot
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come down
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why should the work
<04399>

cease
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whilst
<0834>

I leave
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it, and come down
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Yet they sent
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unto me four
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times
<06471>

after this sort
<01697>_;

and I answered
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them after the same manner
<01697>_.

Then sent
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Sanballat
<05571>

his servant
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unto me in like manner
<01697>

the fifth
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time
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with an open
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letter
<0107>

in his hand
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Wherein [was] written
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It is reported
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among the heathen
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and Gashmu
<01654>

saith
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[it, that] thou and the Jews
<03064>

think
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to rebel
<04775> (8800)_:

for which cause
<03651>

thou buildest
<01129> (8802)

the wall
<02346>_,

that thou mayest be
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their king
<04428>_,

according to these words
<01697>_.

And thou hast also appointed
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prophets
<05030>

to preach
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of thee at Jerusalem
<03389>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

[There is] a king
<04428>

in Judah
<03063>_:

and now shall it be reported
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to the king
<04428>

according to these words
<01697>_.

Come
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now therefore, and let us take counsel
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together
<03162>_.

Then I sent
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unto him, saying
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There are
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no such things
<01697>

done
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as thou sayest
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but thou feignest
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them out of thine own heart
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For they all made us afraid
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saying
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Their hands
<03027>

shall be weakened
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from the work
<04399>_,

that it be not done
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Now therefore, [O God], strengthen
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my hands
<03027>_.

Afterward I came
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unto the house
<01004>

of Shemaiah
<08098>

the son
<01121>

of Delaiah
<01806>

the son
<01121>

of Mehetabeel
<04105>_,

who [was] shut up
<06113> (8803)_;

and he said
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Let us meet together
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in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

within
<08432>

the temple
<01964>_,

and let us shut
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the doors
<01817>

of the temple
<01964>_:

for they will come
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to slay
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thee; yea, in the night
<03915>

will they come
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to slay
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And I said
<0559> (8799)_,

Should such
<03644>

a man
<0376>

as I flee
<01272> (8799)_?

and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go
<0935> (8799)

into the temple
<01964>

to save his life
<02425> (8804)_?

I will not go in
<0935> (8799)_.

And, lo, I perceived
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that God
<0430>

had not sent
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him; but that he pronounced
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this prophecy
<05016>

against me: for Tobiah
<02900>

and Sanballat
<05571>

had hired
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Therefore [was] he hired
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that I should be afraid
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and do so
<06213> (8799)_,

and sin
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and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil
<07451>

report
<08034>_,

that they might reproach
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My God
<0430>_,

think
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thou upon Tobiah
<02900>

and Sanballat
<05571>

according to these their works
<04639>_,

and on the prophetess
<05031>

Noadiah
<05129>_,

and the rest
<03499>

of the prophets
<05030>_,

that would have put me in fear
<03372> (8764)_.