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Nehemiah
Chapter 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 built the wall,
and
that there was no breach left therein . . .
(though
at that time
I had not set up the doors upon the gates) 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 {an ambush}.
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,
while
I leave it,
and
come down to you?"
4
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort
and
I answered them after the same manner.
5
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me
in
like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand.
6
Wherein was written,
It
is reported among the heathen,
and
Gashmu said it,
that
you and the Jews think to rebel . . .
for
which cause you build the wall,
that
you may be their king,
according
to these words.
7
"And you have also appointed prophets
to
preach of you 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."
8
Then I sent unto him, saying,
"There
are no such things done as you say,
but
you 'imagine them up' out of your own heart/imagination.
9
For they all made us afraid, saying,
"Their
hands shall be weakened from the work,
that
it be not done.
Now therefore, O 'Elohiym/Godhead, strengthen my hands."
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 'Elohiym/Godhead,
within
the temple,
and
let us shut the doors of the temple . . .
for
they will come to slay you.
Yes, in the night will they come to slay you."
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."
12
And, lo, I perceived that 'Elohiym/Godhead had not sent him
but
that he pronounced this prophecy against me . . .
for
Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13
Therefore was he hired,
that
I should be afraid,
and
do so, and sin,
{fear is a mental attitude sin}
and
that they might have matter for an evil report,
that
they might reproach me.
14
My 'Elohiym/Godhead,
think
you 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.
15
So the wall was finished
in
the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul . . .
in
fifty and two days.
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 manufactured
{`asah - manufactured out of something -
out of His Will, Purpose, Plan}
of
our 'Elohiym/Godhead.
17
Moreover in those days
the
nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah,
and
the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
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.
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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