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Nehemiah 6 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - 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),
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:4 - And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:5 - Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:8 - Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - 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.

The Wall Is Finished

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - 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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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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