6:1 Now
when
Sanballat
and
Tobiah
and
Geshem
the
Arab
and
the
rest
of
our
enemies
heard
that
I
had
built
the
wall
and
that
there
was
no
breach
left
in
it
(although
up
to
that
time
I
had
not
set
up
the
doors
in
the
gates),
6:2 Sanballat
and
Geshem
sent
to
me,
saying,
"Come
and
let
us
meet
together
at
Hakkephirim
in
the
plain
of
Ono."
But
they
intended
to
do
me
harm.
6:3 And
I
sent
messengers
to
them,
saying,
"I
am
doing
a
great
work
and
I
cannot
come
down.
Why
should
the
work
stop
while
I
leave
it
and
come
down
to
you"
6:4 And
they
sent
to
me
four
times
in
this
way,
and
I
answered
them
in
the
same
manner.
6:5 In
the
same
way
Sanballat
for
the
fifth
time
sent
his
servant
to
me
with
an
open
letter
in
his
hand.
6:6 In
it
was
written,
"It
is
reported
among
the
nations,
and
Geshem
also
says
it,
that
you
and
the
Jews
intend
to
rebel;
that
is
why
you
are
building
the
wall.
And
according
to
these
reports
you
wish
to
become
their
king.
6:7 And
you
have
also
set
up
prophets
to
proclaim
concerning
you
in
Jerusalem,
'There
is
a
king
in
Judah.'
And
now
the
king
will
hear
of
these
reports.
So
now
come
and
let
us
take
counsel
together."
6:8 Then
I
sent
to
him,
saying,
"No
such
things
as
you
say
have
been
done,
for
you
are
inventing
them
out
of
your
own
mind."
6:9 For
they
all
wanted
to
frighten
us,
thinking,
"Their
hands
will
drop
from
the
work,
and
it
will
not
be
done."
But
now,
O
God,
strengthen
my
hands.
6:10 Now
when
I
went
into
the
house
of
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Delaiah,
son
of
Mehetabel,
who
was
confined
to
his
home,
he
said,
"Let
us
meet
together
in
the
house
of
God,
within
the
temple.
Let
us
close
the
doors
of
the
temple,
for
they
are
coming
to
kill
you.
They
are
coming
to
kill
you
by
night."
6:11 But
I
said,
"Should
such
a
man
as
I
run
away
And
what
man
such
as
I
could
go
into
the
temple
and
live
I
will
not
go
in."
6:12 And
I
understood
and
saw
that
God
had
not
sent
him,
but
he
had
pronounced
the
prophecy
against
me
because
Tobiah
and
Sanballat
had
hired
him.
6:13 For
this
purpose
he
was
hired,
that
I
should
be
afraid
and
act
in
this
way
and
sin,
and
so
they
could
give
me
a
bad
name
in
order
to
taunt
me.
6:14 Remember
Tobiah
and
Sanballat,
O
my
God,
according
to
these
things
that
they
did,
and
also
the
prophetess
Noadiah
and
the
rest
of
the
prophets
who
wanted
to
make
me
afraid.
6:15 So
the
wall
was
finished
on
the
twenty-fifth
day
of
the
month
Elul,
in
fifty-two
days.
6:16 And
when
all
our
enemies
heard
of
it,
all
the
nations
around
us
were
afraid
and
fell
greatly
in
their
own
esteem,
for
they
perceived
that
this
work
had
been
accomplished
with
the
help
of
our
God.
6:17 Moreover,
in
those
days
the
nobles
of
Judah
sent
many
letters
to
Tobiah,
and
Tobiah's
letters
came
to
them.
6:18 For
many
in
Judah
were
bound
by
oath
to
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
as
his
wife.
6:19 Also
they
spoke
of
his
good
deeds
in
my
presence
and
reported
my
words
to
him.
And
Tobiah
sent
letters
to
make
me
afraid.