Nehemiah 6 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Enemy’s Plot

Now when^H834 it was reported^H8085 to Sanballat^H5571, Tobiah^H2900, Geshem^H1654 the Arab^H6163, and to the rest^H3499 of our enemies^H340 that I had rebuilt^H1129 the wall^H2346, and that no^H3808 breach^H6556 was left^H3498 in it, although^H1571 at that time^H6256 I had not installed^H5975 the doors^H1817 in the gates^H8179,

Neh 6:2

Neh 6:2Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let’s meet together [fn]at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were plotting to [fn]harm me.

Neh 6:3

Neh 6:3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and am unable to come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

Neh 6:4

Neh 6:4Then they sent messages to me four times worded in this way, and I answered them with the same wording.

Neh 6:5

Neh 6:5Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

Neh 6:6

Neh 6:6In it was written: “It is reported among the nations, and [fn]Gashmu says, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; for that reason you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.

Neh 6:7

Neh 6:7“You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning [fn]you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let’s consult together.”

Neh 6:8

Neh 6:8Then I sent a message to him saying, “Nothing like these things that you are saying has been done, but you are inventing them [fn]in your own mind.”

Neh 6:9

Neh 6:9For all of them were trying to frighten us, [fn]thinking, “[fn]They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, God, strengthen my hands.

Neh 6:10

When I entered^H935 the house^H1004 of Shemaiah^H8098 the son^H1121 of Delaiah^H1806, son^H1121 of Mehetabel^H4105, who^H1931 was confined^H6113 at home, he said^H559, “Let’s meet^H3259 together^H3259 in the house^H1004 of God^H430, within^H8432 the temple^H1964, and let’s close^H5462 the doors^H1817 of the temple^H1964, for they are coming^H935 to kill^H2026 you, and they are coming^H935 to kill^H2026 you at night^H3915.”

Neh 6:11

Neh 6:11But I said, “Should a man like me flee? And who is there like me who would go into the temple [fn]to save his own life? I will not go in.”

Neh 6:12

Neh 6:12Then I realized [fn]that God certainly had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Neh 6:13

Neh 6:13He was hired for this reason, that I would become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could taunt me.

Neh 6:14

Neh 6:14Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in accordance with these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets, who were trying to frighten me.

The Wall Is Finished

Neh 6:15

So the wall^H2346 was completed^H7999 on the twenty-fifth^H6242^H2568 of the month Elul^H435, in fifty-two^H2572 days^H3117.

Neh 6:16

Neh 6:16When all our enemies heard about it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they [fn]lost their confidence; for they realized that this work had been accomplished [fn]with the help of our God.

Neh 6:17

Neh 6:17Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and [fn]Tobiah’s letters came to them.

Neh 6:18

Neh 6:18For 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 married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

Neh 6:19

Neh 6:19Moreover, they were speaking about his good deeds in my presence, and were reporting my words to him. Then Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(6:2)

LXX in the villages in

(6:2)

Lit do evil to me

(6:6)

In v 1 and elsewhere, Geshem

(6:7)

Lit you, saying

(6:8)

Lit from your heart

(6:9)

Lit saying,

(6:9)

Lit Their hands will go slack from

(6:11)

Lit and live

(6:12)

Lit and behold God had not

(6:16)

Lit fell exceedingly in their own eyes

(6:16)

Lit from our God

(6:17)

Lit what was Tobiah’s came

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Nehemiah 6 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Enemy’s Plot

The Wall Is Finished

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