Nehemiah 6:4

4 Yet they sent unto me four times in this manner, 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 unto me, saying, "Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono." But they thought to do me mischief.

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

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

5 Then Sanballat sent his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

6 wherein was written: "It is reported among the heathen, and Geshem saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king according to these words.