Nehemiah:6:1-14
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And it happened ,
when it was heard by Sanballat ,
and Tobiah ,
and Geshem the Arabian ,
and to the rest of our enemies ,
that I had built the wall ,
and that no break was left in it though at that time I had not set up doors on the gates ,
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Sanballat and Geshem sent to me ,
saying ,
Come ,
let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono .
But they thought to do evil to me .
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And I sent messengers to them ,
saying ,
I am doing a great work ,
and I cannot come down .
Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you ?
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And they sent to me four times in this way .
And I answered them in the same way .
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Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand ,
in which was written ,
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It is reported among the nations ,
and Gashmu says ,
you and the Jews are thinking of rebelling ;
for which reason you are building the wall ,
so that you may be a king to them ,
according to these words .
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And you have also set up prophets to preach about you at Jerusalem ,
saying ,
A king in Judah !
And now it shall be reported to the king according to these words .
Therefore ,
come now and let us talk it over together .
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And I sent to him ,
saying ,
These things which you are saying are not happening ,
for you pretend them out of your own heart .
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For they all were alarmers of us ,
saying ,
Their hands shall be weakened from the work ,
and it will not be done .
And now ,
make my hands strong .
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And I came to 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 ,
inside the temple ,
and let us shut the doors of the temple .
For they will come to kill you .
Yea ,
in the night they will come to kill you .
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And I said ,
Should such a man as I flee ?
And who being as I am would go into the temple and live ?
I will not go in .
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And I understood that ,
behold ,
God had not sent him .
For he spoke the prophecy against me ,
and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him .
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So he was hired ,
that I should be afraid ,
and do so ,
and I should sin ,
and become for them for an evil name with which they might reproach me .
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O God ,
remember Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs ,
and also to the prophetess Noadiah ,
and the rest of the prophets who are my alarmers .
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