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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Interlinear Bible for Nehemiah 6:1:

Now it came to pass,
hayah (#1961) when
'aher (#834) Sanballat,
Canballat (#5571) and Tobiah,
Towbiyah (#2900) and Geshem
Geshem (#1654) the Arabian,
`Arabiy (#6163) and the rest
yether (#3499) of our enemies,
'oyeb (#341) heard
shama` (#8085) that
kiy (#3588) I had built
banah (#1129)
'eth (#853) the wall,
chowmah (#2346) and that there was no
lo' (#3808) breach
perets (#6556) left
yathar (#3498) therein; (though
gam (#1571) at
`ad (#5704) that
huw' (#1931) time
`eth (#6256) I had not
lo' (#3808) set up
`amad (#5975) the doors
deleth (#1817) upon the gates;)
sha`ar (#8179)

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