Nehemiah 6:4

4 And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

Nehemiah 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 6:4

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort
Being very desirous of getting him into their hands, and therefore were very pressing and importunate:

and I answered them after the same manner;
every time as before, he being as much bent on finishing the work as they were to divert him from it.

Nehemiah 6:4 In-Context

2 that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

4 And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

5 Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner 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] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.