Verse 6
Nehemiah 6:6
Noah Webster Bible
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In which was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it , that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כָּת֣וּב בָּ֗/הּ בַּ/גּוֹיִ֤ם נִשְׁמָע֙ וְ/גַשְׁמ֣וּ אֹמֵ֔ר אַתָּ֤ה וְ/הַ/יְּהוּדִים֙ חֹשְׁבִ֣ים לִ/מְר֔וֹד עַל כֵּ֛ן אַתָּ֥ה בוֹנֶ֖ה הַ/חוֹמָ֑ה וְ/אַתָּ֗ה הֹוֶ֤ה לָ/הֶם֙ לְ/מֶ֔לֶךְ כַּ/דְּבָרִ֖ים הָ/אֵֽלֶּה
English Translation
It is written among the nations, it is heard, and they say: "You and the Jews think to rebel; therefore, you are building the wall, and you will be their king according to these words."
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies...
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That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages...
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And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why shou...
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Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
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Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
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6
In which was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it , that thou and the Jews...
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And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Jud...
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Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out...
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For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it may not be...
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10
Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up;...
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And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there , that, being as I am , would go into the...
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12
And lo, I perceived that God (Elohim) had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against...
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13
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter...
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14
My God (Elohim), think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the pro...
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15
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
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And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard of it , and all the heathen that were about us...
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Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah c...
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For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Ar...
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Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to...
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