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Nehemiah 6:1

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Conspiracy Against Nehemiah

1 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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Nehemiah 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 6:1

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat and Tobiah, and Geshem
the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded
the wall
Quite finished it:

and that there was no breach left therein;
but all was made up firm and strong:

though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;
not upon all of them, though some might by the particular builders of them; and they all of them might be ready made, though not as yet put upon the hinges.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 6:1 In-Context

1 Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do me harm.
3 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?"
4 And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner.
5 In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Nehemiah 2:10, 19; Nehemiah 4:1, 7
  • 2. [ver. 6]
  • 3. [Nehemiah 3:1, 3]
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