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[1] Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), [2] Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to harm me. [3] I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?” [4] They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way. [5] Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, [6] in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words. [7] You have also appointed prophets to proclaim of you at Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let’s take counsel together.” [8] Then I sent to him, saying, “There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart.” [9] For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands. [10] I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.” [11] I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.” [12] I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. [13] He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me. [14] “Remember, 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.” [15] So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. [16] When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God. [17] Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them. [18] For there were many in Judah sworn to 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 as wife. [19] Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
King James Version

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[1] Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, H5571 and Tobiah, H2900 and Geshem H1654 the Arabian, H6163 and the rest H3499 of our enemies, H341 heard H8085 that I had builded H1129 H853 the wall, H2346 and that there was no breach H6556 left H3498 therein; (though H1571 H5704 at that time H6256 I had H5975 not H3808 set up H5975 the doors H1817 upon the gates;) H8179 [2] that Sanballat H5571 and Geshem H1654 sent H7971 unto H413 me, saying, H559 Come, H3212 let us meet H3259 together H3162 in some one of the villages H3715 in the plain H1237 of Ono. H207 But they thought H2803 to do H6213 me mischief. H7451 [3] And I sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto H413 them, saying, H559 I am doing H6213 a great H1419 work, H4399 so that I cannot H3201 come down: H3381 why should the work H4399 cease, H7673 whilst H834 I leave H7503 it, and come down H3381 to you? [4] Yet they sent H7971 unto H413 me four H702 times H6471 after this sort; H1697 and I answered H7725 them after the same manner. H1697 [5] Then sent H7971 Sanballat H5571 H853 his servant H5288 unto H413 me in like manner H1697 the fifth H2549 time H6471 with an open H6605 letter H107 in his hand; H3027 [6] wherein was written, H3789 It is reported H8085 among the heathen, H1471 and Gashmu H1654§ saith H559 it, that thou and the Jews H3064 think H2803 to rebel: H4775 for which cause H3651 thou buildest H1129 the wall, H2346 that thou mayest be H1933 their king, H4428 according to these words. H1697 [7] And thou hast also appointed H5975 prophets H5030 to preach H7121 of thee at Jerusalem, H3389 saying, H559 There is a king H4428 in Judah: H3063 and now shall it be reported H8085 to the king H4428 according to these words. H1697 Come H3212 now H6258 therefore, and let us take counsel H3289 together. H3162 [8] Then I sent H7971 unto H413 him, saying, H559 There are H1961 no such things H1697 done H1961 as thou sayest, H559 but thou feignest H908 them out of thine own heart. H3820 [9] For H3588 they all made us afraid, H3372 saying, H559 Their hands H3027 shall be weakened H7503 from H4480 the work, H4399 that it be not done. H6213 Now therefore, O God, strengthen H2388 my hands. H3027 [10] Afterward I came H935 unto H413 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806 the son H1121 of Mehetabeel, H4105 who was shut up; H6113 and he said, H559 Let us meet together H3259 in the house H1004 of God, H430 within H8432 the temple, H1964 and let us shut H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple: H1964 for H3588 they will come H935 to slay H2026 thee; yea, in the night H3915 will they come H935 to slay H2026 thee. [11] And I said, H559 Should such H3644 a man H376 as I flee? H1272 and who is there, that, being as I am, would go H935 into the temple H1964 to save his life? H2425 I will H935 not H3808 go in. H935 [12] And, lo, I perceived H5234 that God H430 had H7971 not H3808 sent H7971 him; but that he pronounced H1696 this prophecy H5016 against H5921 me: for Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 had hired H7936 him. [13] Therefore was he hired, H7936 that I should be afraid, H3372 and do H6213 so, H3651 and sin, H2398 and that they might have matter for an evil H7451 report, H8034 that they might reproach H2778 me. [14] My God, H430 think H2142 thou upon Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 according to these their works, H4639 and on the prophetess H5031 Noadiah, H5129 and the rest H3499 of the prophets, H5030 that would have put me in fear. H3372

The Wall Finished

[15] So the wall H2346 was finished H7999 in the twenty H6242 and fifth H2568 day of the month Elul, H435 in fifty H2572 and two H8147 days. H3117 [16] And it came to pass, that when all our enemies H341 heard H8085 thereof, and all the heathen H1471 that were about us H5439 saw H7200 these things, they were much H3966 cast down H5307 in their own eyes: H5869 for H3588 they perceived H3045 that this work H4399 was wrought H6213 of our God. H430 [17] Moreover in those days H3117 the nobles H2715 of Judah H3063 sent H1980 many H7235 letters H107 unto H413 Tobiah, H2900§ and the letters of Tobiah H2900 came H935 unto them. [18] For there were many H7227 in Judah H3063 sworn H1167 H7621 unto him, because he was the son in law H2860 of Shechaniah H7935 the son H1121 of Arah; H733 and his son H1121 Johanan H3076 had taken H3947 H853 the daughter H1323 of Meshullam H4918 the son H1121 of Berechiah. H1296 [19] Also H1571 they reported H559 his good deeds H2896 before H6440 me, and uttered H3318 my words H1697§ to him. And Tobiah H2900 sent H7971 letters H107 to put me in fear. H3372

Footnotes

  1. § 6:6 Or, Geshem
  2. § 6:17 Heb. multiplied letters passing to Tobiah
  3. § 6:19 Or, matters
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 καθὼς G2531 ἠκούσθη G191 τῷ G3588 Σαναβαλλατ καὶ G2532 Τωβια καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 Γησαμ τῷ G3588 Αραβι καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 καταλοίποις G2645 τῶν G3588 ἐχθρῶν G2190 ἡμῶν G2257 ὅτι G3754 ᾠκοδόμησα G3618 τὸ G3588 τεῖχος, G5038 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 κατελείφθη G2641 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς G846 πνοή. G4157 Ἕως G2193 τοῦ G3588 καιροῦ G2540 ἐκείνου G1565 θύρας G2374 οὐκ G3756 ἐπέστησα G2186 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 πύλαις. G4439 [2] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλεν G649 Σαναβαλλατ καὶ G2532 Γησαμ πρός G4314 με G3165 λέγων G3004 Δεῦρο G1204 καὶ G2532 συναχθῶμεν G4863 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 αὐτὸ G846 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 κώμαις G2968 ἐν G1722 πεδίῳ Ωνω· καὶ G2532 αὐτοὶ G846 λογιζόμενοι G3049 ποιῆσαί G4160 μοι G3427 πονηρίαν. G4189 [3] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλα G649 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοὺς G846 ἀγγέλους G32 λέγων G3004 Ἔργον G2041 μέγα G3173 ἐγὼ G1473 ποιῶ G4160 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 δυνήσομαι G1410 καταβῆναι, G2597 μήποτε G3379 καταπαύσῃ G2664 τὸ G3588 ἔργον· G2041 ὡς G5613 ἂν G302 τελειώσω G5048 αὐτό, G846 καταβήσομαι G2597 πρὸς G4314 ὑμᾶς. G5209 [4] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλαν G649 πρός G4314 με G3165 ὡς G5613 τὸ G3588 ῥῆμα G4487 τοῦτο, G5124 καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλα G649 αὐτοῖς G846 κατὰ G2596 ταῦτα. G5023 [5] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλεν G649 πρός G4314 με G3165 Σαναβαλλατ τὸν G3588 παῖδα G3816 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστολὴν G1992 ἀνεῳγμένην G455 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 αὐτοῦ. G846 [6] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἦν G2258 γεγραμμένον G1125 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 Ἐν G1722 ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἠκούσθη G191 ὅτι G3754 σὺ G4771 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 Ιουδαῖοι G2453 λογίζεσθε G3049 ἀποστατῆσαι, διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 σὺ G4771 οἰκοδομεῖς G3618 τὸ G3588 τεῖχος, G5038 καὶ G2532 σὺ G4771 γίνῃ G1096 αὐτοῖς G846 εἰς G1519 βασιλέα· G935 [7] ‡καὶ G2532 πρὸς G4314 τούτοις G5125 προφήτας G4396 ἔστησας G2476 σεαυτῷ, G4572 ἵνα G2443 καθίσῃς G2523 ἐν G1722 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 εἰς G1519 βασιλέα G935 ἐν G1722 Ιουδα· καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἀπαγγελήσονται G518 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 οἱ G3588 λόγοι G3056 οὗτοι· G3778 καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 δεῦρο G1204 βουλευσώμεθα G1011 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 αὐτό. G846 [8] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλα G649 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 λέγων G3004 Οὐκ G3756 ἐγενήθη G1096 ὡς G5613 οἱ G3588 λόγοι G3056 οὗτοι, G3778 οὓς G3739 σὺ G4771 λέγεις, G3004 ὅτι G3754 ἀπὸ G575 καρδίας G2588 σου G4675 σὺ G4771 ψεύδῃ G5574 αὐτούς. G846 [9] ‡Ὅτι G3754 πάντες G3956 φοβερίζουσιν ἡμᾶς G2248 λέγοντες G3004 Ἐκλυθήσονται G1590 αἱ G3588 χεῖρες G5495 αὐτῶν G846 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 ἔργου G2041 τούτου, G5127 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 ποιηθήσεται· G4160 καὶ G2532 νῦν G3568 ἐκραταίωσα G2901 τὰς G3588 χεῖράς G5495 μου. G3450 [10] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγὼ G1473 εἰσῆλθον G1525 εἰς G1519 οἶκον G3624 Σεμει G4584 υἱοῦ G5207 Δαλαια υἱοῦ G5207 Μεηταβηλ —καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 συνεχόμενος G4912 —καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Συναχθῶμεν G4863 εἰς G1519 οἶκον G3624 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 κλείσωμεν G2808 τὰς G3588 θύρας G2374 αὐτοῦ, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἔρχονται G2064 νυκτὸς G3571 φονεῦσαί G5407 σε. G4571 [11] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Τίς G5101 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 ἀνήρ, G435 ὃς G3739 εἰσελεύσεται G1525 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 καὶ G2532 ζήσεται; G2198 [12] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐπέγνων G1921 καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 οὐκ G3756 ἀπέστειλεν G649 αὐτόν, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἡ G3588 προφητεία G4394 λόγος G3056 κατ’ G2596 ἐμοῦ, G1699 καὶ G2532 Τωβιας καὶ G2532 Σαναβαλλατ ἐμισθώσαντο G3409 [13] ‡ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 ὄχλον, G3793 ὅπως G3704 φοβηθῶ G5399 καὶ G2532 ποιήσω G4160 οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 ἁμάρτω G264 καὶ G2532 γένωμαι G1096 αὐτοῖς G846 εἰς G1519 ὄνομα G3686 πονηρόν, G4190 ὅπως G3704 ὀνειδίσωσίν G3679 με. G3165 — [14] ‡μνήσθητι, G3415 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 τῷ G3588 Τωβια καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 Σαναβαλλατ ὡς G5613 τὰ G3588 ποιήματα G4161 αὐτοῦ G846 ταῦτα G5023 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 Νωαδια τῷ G3588 προφήτῃ G4396 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 καταλοίποις G2645 τῶν G3588 προφητῶν, G4396 οἳ G3739 ἦσαν G2258 φοβερίζοντές με. G3165 [15] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐτελέσθη G5055 τὸ G3588 τεῖχος G5038 πέμπτῃ G3991 καὶ G2532 εἰκάδι τοῦ G3588 Ελουλ εἰς G1519 πεντήκοντα G4004 καὶ G2532 δύο G1417 ἡμέρας. G2250 [16] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἡνίκα G2259 ἤκουσαν G191 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἐχθροὶ G2190 ἡμῶν, G2257 καὶ G2532 ἐφοβήθησαν G5399 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 τὰ G3588 κύκλῳ G2945 ἡμῶν, G2257 καὶ G2532 ἐπέπεσεν G1968 φόβος G5401 σφόδρα G4970 ἐν G1722 ὀφθαλμοῖς G3788 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἔγνωσαν G1097 ὅτι G3754 παρὰ G3844 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἡμῶν G2257 ἐγενήθη G1096 τελειωθῆναι G5048 τὸ G3588 ἔργον G2041 τοῦτο. G5124 — [17] ‡καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἡμέραις G2250 ἐκείναις G1565 ἀπὸ G575 πολλῶν G4183 ἐντίμων G1784 Ιουδα ἐπιστολαὶ G1992 ἐπορεύοντο G4198 πρὸς G4314 Τωβιαν, καὶ G2532 αἱ G3588 Τωβια ἤρχοντο G2064 πρὸς G4314 αὐτούς, G846 [18] ‡ὅτι G3754 πολλοὶ G4183 ἐν G1722 Ιουδα ἔνορκοι ἦσαν G2258 αὐτῷ, G846 ὅτι G3754 γαμβρὸς ἦν G2258 τοῦ G3588 Σεχενια υἱοῦ G5207 Ηραε, καὶ G2532 Ιωαναν G2490 υἱὸς G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 ἔλαβεν G2983 τὴν G3588 θυγατέρα G2364 Μεσουλαμ υἱοῦ G5207 Βαραχια G914 εἰς G1519 γυναῖκα. G1135 [19] ‡Καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 αὐτοῦ G846 ἦσαν G2258 λέγοντες G3004 πρός G4314 με G3165 καὶ G2532 λόγους G3056 μου G3450 ἦσαν G2258 ἐκφέροντες G1627 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστολὰς G1992 ἀπέστειλεν G649 Τωβιας φοβερίσαι με. G3165
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 6:1 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:1.
  2. ‡ 6:2 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:2.
  3. ‡ 6:3 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:3.
  4. ‡ 6:4 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:4.
  5. ‡ 6:5 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:5.
  6. ‡ 6:6 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:6.
  7. ‡ 6:7 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:7.
  8. ‡ 6:8 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:8.
  9. ‡ 6:9 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:9.
  10. ‡ 6:10 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:10.
  11. ‡ 6:11 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:11.
  12. ‡ 6:12 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:12.
  13. ‡ 6:13 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:13.
  14. ‡ 6:14 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:14.
  15. ‡ 6:15 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:15.
  16. ‡ 6:16 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:16.
  17. ‡ 6:17 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:17.
  18. ‡ 6:18 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:18.
  19. ‡ 6:19 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 16:19.