Conspiracy Against Nehemiah
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Now when 1Sanballat and Tobiah and 2Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (3although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
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Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of 4Ono." But they intended to do me harm.
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And I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?"
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And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
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In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
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In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshema also says it, that you and 5the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together."
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Then I sent to him, saying, "No such things as you say have been done, for you are inventing them out of your own mind."
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For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, "Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done." But now, O God,b strengthen my hands.
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Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was 6confined to his home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night."
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But I said, "Should such a man as I run away? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live?c I will not go in."
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And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, 7but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.
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Neemias 6:1
Quando Sambalate, Tobias e Gesem, o arábio, e o resto dos nossos inimigos souberam que eu já tinha edificado o muro e que nele já não havia brecha alguma, ainda que até este tempo não tinha posto as portas nos portais,
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Nehemiah 6:1
Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),
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Neemias 6:1
Quando Sambalate, Tobias, Gesém, o árabe, e o restante de nossos inimigos souberam que eu havia reconstruído o muro e que não havia ficado nenhuma brecha, embora até então eu ainda não tivesse colocado as portas nos seus lugares,
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