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| [1]Now it came to pass, when SanballatH5571, and TobiahH2900, and GeshemH1654 the ArabianH6163, and the restH3499 of our enemiesH341[H8802], heardH8085[H8738] that I had buildedH1129[H8804] the wallH2346, and that there was no breachH6556 leftH3498[H8738] therein; (thoughH1571[H5704] at that timeH6256 I had not set upH5975[H8689] the doorsH1817 upon the gatesH8179;) |
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| [2]That SanballatH5571 and GeshemH1654 sentH7971[H8799] unto me, sayingH559[H8800], ComeH3212[H8798], let us meetH3259[H8735] togetherH3162 in some one of the villagesH3715 in the plainH1237 of OnoH207. But they thoughtH2803[H8802] to doH6213[H8800] me mischiefH7451. |
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| [3]And I sentH7971[H8799] messengersH4397 unto them, sayingH559[H8800], I am doingH6213[H8802] a greatH1419 workH4399, so that I cannotH3201[H8799] come downH3381[H8800]: why should the workH4399 ceaseH7673[H8799], whilstH834 I leaveH7503[H8686] it, and come downH3381 to youH8804? |
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| [4]Yet they sentH7971[H8799] unto me fourH702 timesH6471 after this sortH1697; and I answeredH7725[H8686] them after the same mannerH1697. |
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| [5]Then sentH7971[H8799] SanballatH5571 his servantH5288 unto me in like mannerH1697 the fifthH2549 timeH6471 with an openH6605[H8803] letterH107 in his handH3027; |
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| [6]Wherein was writtenH3789[H8803], It is reportedH8085[H8738] among the heathenH1471, and GashmuH1654 saithH559[H8802] it, that thou and the JewsH3064 thinkH2803[H8802] to rebelH4775[H8800]: for which causeH3651 thou buildestH1129[H8802] the wallH2346, that thou mayest beH1933[H8802] their kingH4428, according to these wordsH1697. |
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| [7]And thou hast also appointedH5975[H8689] prophetsH5030 to preachH7121[H8800] of thee at JerusalemH3389, sayingH559[H8800], There is a kingH4428 in JudahH3063: and now shall it be reportedH8085[H8735] to the kingH4428 according to these wordsH1697. ComeH3212[H8798] now therefore, and let us take counselH3289[H8735] togetherH3162. |
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| [8]Then I sentH7971[H8799] unto him, sayingH559[H8800], There areH1961 no such thingsH1697 doneH1961[H8738] as thou sayestH559[H8802], but thou feignestH908[H8802] them out of thine own heartH3820. |
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| [9]For they all made us afraidH3372[H8764], sayingH559[H8800], Their handsH3027 shall be weakenedH7503[H8799] from the workH4399, that it be not doneH6213[H8735]. Now therefore, O God, strengthenH2388[H8761] my handsH3027. |
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| [10]Afterward I cameH935[H8804] unto the houseH1004 of ShemaiahH8098 the sonH1121 of DelaiahH1806 the sonH1121 of MehetabeelH4105, who was shut upH6113[H8803]; and he saidH559[H8799], Let us meet togetherH3259[H8735] in the houseH1004 of GodH430, withinH8432 the templeH1964, and let us shutH5462[H8799] the doorsH1817 of the templeH1964: for they will comeH935[H8802] to slayH2026[H8800] thee; yea, in the nightH3915 will they comeH935[H8802] to slayH2026 theeH8800. |
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| [11]And I saidH559[H8799], Should suchH3644 a manH376 as I fleeH1272[H8799]? and who is there, that, being as I am, would goH935[H8799] into the templeH1964 to save his lifeH2425[H8804]? I will not go inH935.[H8799] |
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| [12]And, lo, I perceivedH5234[H8686] that GodH430 had not sentH7971[H8804] him; but that he pronouncedH1696[H8765] this prophecyH5016 against me: for TobiahH2900 and SanballatH5571 had hiredH7936 himH8804. |
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| [13]Therefore was he hiredH7936[H8803], that I should be afraidH3372[H8799], and do soH6213[H8799], and sinH2398[H8804], and that they might have matter for an evilH7451 reportH8034, that they might reproachH2778 meH8762. |
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| [14]My GodH430, thinkH2142[H8798] thou upon TobiahH2900 and SanballatH5571 according to these their worksH4639, and on the prophetessH5031 NoadiahH5129, and the restH3499 of the prophetsH5030, that would have put me in fearH3372.[H8764] |
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| [15]So the wallH2346 was finishedH7999[H8799] in the twentyH6242 and fifthH2568 day of the month ElulH435, in fiftyH2572 and twoH8147 daysH3117. |
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| [16]And it came to pass, that when all our enemiesH341[H8802] heardH8085[H8804] thereof, and all the heathenH1471 that were about usH5439 sawH7200[H8799] these things, they were muchH3966 cast downH5307[H8799] in their own eyesH5869: for they perceivedH3045[H8799] that this workH4399 was wroughtH6213[H8738] of our GodH430. |
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| [17]Moreover in those daysH3117 the noblesH2715 of JudahH3063 sentH1980[H8802] manyH7235[H8688] lettersH107 unto TobiahH2900, and the letters of TobiahH2900 cameH935 unto themH8802. |
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| [18]For there were manyH7227 in JudahH3063 swornH1167[H7621] unto him, because he was the son in lawH2860 of ShechaniahH7935 the sonH1121 of ArahH733; and his sonH1121 JohananH3076 had takenH3947[H8804] the daughterH1323 of MeshullamH4918 the sonH1121 of BerechiahH1296. |
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| [19]Also they reportedH559[H8802] his good deedsH2896 beforeH6440 me, and utteredH3318[H8688] my wordsH1697 to him. And TobiahH2900 sentH7971[H8804] lettersH107 to put me in fearH3372.[H8763] |
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