Nehemiah 6:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 6:2

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 6:2:

That Sanballat
Canballat (#5571) and Geshem
Geshem (#1654) sent
shalach (#7971) unto
'el (#413) me, saying,
'amar (#559) Come,
halak (#1980) let us meet
ya`ad (#3259) together
yachad (#3162) in some one of the villages
kphiyr (#3715) in the plain
biq`ah (#1237) of Ono.
'Ownow (#207) But they
hem (#1992) thought
chashab (#2803) to do
`asah (#6213) me mischief.
ra` (#7451)

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