Nehemiah 6:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 6:1

Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

1 Now it happened ^awhen 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 ^b(though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),

2 that Sanballat and Geshem ^asent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together² among the villages in the plain of ^bOno.” But they ^cthought to do me harm.

3 So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

4 But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.

5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

6 In it was written:
It is reported among the nations, and¹ Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, ^athat you may be their king.

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Definitions of words in Nehemiah 6:1:

Arab {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Arab {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Arab {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Geshem {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Geshem {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Left {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

No {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
No {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
No {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Rest {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Rest {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sanballat {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sanballat {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Sanballat {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Time {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tobiah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Tobiah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Tobiah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wall {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Wall {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Doors {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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