6:1 Now
it
came
to
pass,
when
it
was
reported
to
Sanballat
and
Tobiah,
and
to
Geshem
the
Arabian,
and
unto
the
rest
of
our
enemies,
that
I
had
builded
the
wall,
and
that
there
was
no
breach
left
therein;
(though
even
unto
that
time
I
had
not
set
up
the
doors
in
the
gates;)
6:2 that
Sanballat
and
Geshem
sent
unto
me,
saying,
Come,
let
us
meet
together
in
[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 And
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
nations,
and
Gashmu
saith
it,
that
thou
and
the
Jews
think
to
rebel;
for
which
cause
thou
art
building
the
wall:
and
thou
wouldest
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
would
have
made
us
afraid,
saying,
Their
hands
shall
be
weakened
from
the
work,
that
it
be
not
done.
But
now,
[O
God],
strengthen
thou
my
hands.
6:10 And
I
went
unto
the
house
of
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Delaiah
the
son
of
Mehetabel,
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
such
as
I,
would
go
into
the
temple
to
save
his
life
I
will
not
go
in.
6:12 And
I
discerned,
and,
lo,
God
had
not
sent
him;
but
he
pronounced
this
prophecy
against
me:
and
Tobiah
and
Sanballat
had
hired
him.
6:13 For
this
cause
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 Remember,
O
my
God,
Tobiah
and
Sanballat
according
to
these
their
works,
and
also
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,
when
all
our
enemies
heard
[thereof],
that
all
the
nations
that
were
about
us
feared,
and
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
Shecaniah
the
son
of
Arah;
and
his
son
Jehohanan
had
taken
the
daughter
of
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah
to
wife.
6:19 Also
they
spake
of
his
good
deeds
before
me,
and
reported
my
words
to
him.
[And]
Tobiah
sent
letters
to
put
me
in
fear.
