Verse 1
Nehemiah 6:1
New Living Translation
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Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained — though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י כַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁמַ֣ע לְ/סַנְבַלַּ֣ט וְ֠/טוֹבִיָּה וּ/לְ/גֶ֨שֶׁם הָֽ/עַרְבִ֜י וּ/לְ/יֶ֣תֶר אֹֽיְבֵ֗י/נוּ כִּ֤י בָנִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת הַ֣/חוֹמָ֔ה וְ/לֹא נ֥וֹתַר בָּ֖/הּ פָּ֑רֶץ גַּ֚ם עַד הָ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֔יא דְּלָת֖וֹת לֹא הֶעֱמַ֥דְתִּי בַ/שְּׁעָרִֽים
English Translation
And it happened when Sanballat, 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—even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuil...
2
So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of...
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so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why sh...
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4
Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
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5
The fifth time, Sanballat’s servant came with an open letter in his hand,
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and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem tells me it is...
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7
He also reports that you have appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim about you, ‘Look! There is...
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8
I replied, “There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing.”
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9
They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. S...
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10
Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his hom...
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11
But I replied, “Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter t...
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12
I realized that God (Elohim) had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me...
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13
They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit m...
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14
Remember, O my God (Elohim), all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember N...
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15
So on October 2 the wall was finished — just fifty-two days after we had begun.
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16
When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. Th...
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17
During those fifty-two days, many letters went back and forth between Tobiah and the nobles of Judah...
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18
For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him because his father-in-law was Shecaniah son of Arah, a...
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19
They kept telling me about Tobiah’s good deeds, and then they told him everything I said. And Tobiah...
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