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Nehemias 6
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and
Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard
that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach
left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the
doors in the gates,)
Sanaballat and Gossem Rent to me, saying: Come, and
let us make a league together in the villages, in the
plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
And I sent messengers to them, saying: I am doing a
great work, and I cannot come down, lest it be neglected
whilst I come, and go down to you.
And they sent to me according to this word, four times:
and I answered them after the same manner.
And Sanaballat sent his servant to me the fifth time
according to the former word, and he had a letter in
his hand written in this manner:
It is reported amongst the Gentiles, and Gossem hath
said it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, and
therefore thou buildest the wall, and hast a mind to
set thyself king over them : for which end
Thou hast also set up prophets, to preach of thee at
Jerusalem, saying: There is a king in Judea. The king
will hear of these things: therefore come now, that
we may take counsel together.
And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done
as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of
thy own heart.
For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that
our hands would cease from the work, and that we would
leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:
And I went into the house of Samaia the son of Delaia,
the son of Metabeel privately. And he said: Let us consult
together in the house of God in the midst of the temple:
and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they will
come to kill thee, and in the night they will come to
slay thee.
And I said: Should such a man as I Bee? and who is there
that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save
his life? I will not go in.
And I understood that God had not sent him, but that
he had spoken to me as if he had been prophesying, and
Tobias, and Sanaballat had hired him.
For he had taken money, that I being afraid should do
this thing, and sin, and they might have some evil to
upbraid me withal.
Remember me, O Lord, for Tobias and Sanaballat, according
to their works of this kind: and Noadias the prophet,
and the rest of the prophets that would have put me
in fear.
But the wall was finished the five and twentieth day
of the month of Elul, in two and fifty days.
And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it,
that all nations which were round about us, were afraid,
and were cast down within themselves, for they perceived
that this work was the work of God.
Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the
principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias
there came letters to them.
For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he
was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and
Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam
the son of Barachias.
And they praised him also before me, and they related
my words to him: And Tobias sent letters to put me in
fear.
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