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Nehemiah 6:1
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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;) |
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| Nehemiah 6:2 |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:3 |
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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? |
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| Nehemiah 6:4 |
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And they sent unto me four times after this
sort; and I answered them after the same manner. |
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| Nehemiah 6:5 |
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Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like
manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:7 |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:8 |
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Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such
things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:10 |
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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.
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| Nehemiah 6:11 |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:12 |
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And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him;
but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired
him. |
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| Nehemiah 6:13 |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:14 |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:15 |
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So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth
day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. |
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| Nehemiah 6:16 |
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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. |
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| Nehemiah 6:17 |
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Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent
many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. |
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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. |
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Also they spake of his good deeds before me,
and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. |
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