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, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
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, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
when Sanballat: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:7
Geshem: Nehemiah 6:6, Gashmu
no breach: Nehemiah 4:6, Nehemiah 4:7, Daniel 9:25
at that time: Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 3:6
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 4:3 - Tobiah Nehemiah 6:16 - when all our enemies Nehemiah 7:1 - I had set up Psalms 41:6 - speaketh Psalms 147:13 - he hath Isaiah 58:12 - The repairer
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Come: They wished to get him out of Jerusalem, from his friends, that they might either carry him off or murder him. 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:9, Psalms 37:12, Proverbs 26:24-26, Ecclesiastes 4:4
Ono: Nehemiah 11:35, 1 Chronicles 8:12
they thought: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:32, Jeremiah 41:2, Ezekiel 33:31, Micah 7:4, Micah 7:5, Luke 20:19-21
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:8 - talked Ezra 2:33 - Lod Nehemiah 2:19 - Sanballat Nehemiah 3:22 - the men of the plain Nehemiah 6:6 - Gashmu Nehemiah 6:16 - when all our enemies Nehemiah 7:37 - Lod Nehemiah 12:28 - plain
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?
And I sent: Proverbs 14:15, Matthew 10:16
I am doing: Ecclesiastes 9:10, Luke 14:30, John 9:4, 1 Timothy 4:15, 1 Timothy 4:16
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:24 - So Nehemiah 6:11 - Should such Acts 6:2 - we should Acts 8:1 - except
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
four times: Judges 16:6, Judges 16:10, Judges 16:15-20, Proverbs 7:21, Luke 18:5, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 2:5
and I answered: Proverbs 14:15
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
with an open letter: This was a gross insult to a person of Nehemiah's quality; as the letters sent to chiefs and governors in the East are always carefully folded up, put in silk bags, and then sealed. 2 Kings 18:26-28, 2 Corinthians 2:11, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, Ephesians 6:11, 2 Thessalonians 2:10
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:8 - she wrote 2 Chronicles 32:17 - He wrote Jeremiah 29:25 - Because Acts 24:5 - and a mover
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu 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.
It is reported: Jeremiah 9:3-6, Jeremiah 20:10, Matthew 5:11, Romans 3:8, 2 Corinthians 6:8, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:13, 1 Peter 3:16
Gashmu: Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 6:2, Geshem
that thou and: Nehemiah 2:19, Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:15
that thou mayest: Luke 23:2, John 19:13
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:13 - and that they
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
appointed: Nehemiah 6:12, Nehemiah 6:13
a king: 2 Samuel 15:10-12, 1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 1:18, 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Kings 1:34
Come now: Proverbs 26:24-26, Acts 23:15
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 1:1 - the Preacher
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
There are: Acts 24:12, Acts 24:13, Acts 25:7, Acts 25:10
thou feignest: Job 13:4, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 52:2, Isaiah 59:4, Daniel 11:27, Matthew 12:34, John 8:44
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 37:14 - said
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
For they: Nehemiah 6:14, Nehemiah 4:10-14, 2 Chronicles 32:18
Their hands: 2 Chronicles 15:7, Ezra 4:1-24, Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Jeremiah 38:4, Hebrews 12:12
Now therefore: 1 Samuel 30:6, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 71:1, Psalms 68:35, Psalms 138:3, Isaiah 41:10, Zechariah 10:12, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 3:16, Ephesians 6:10, Philippians 4:13, 1 Peter 5:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 49:24 - his bow Judges 7:11 - thine hands 2 Samuel 4:1 - his hands Ezra 4:4 - weakened Ezra 4:24 - So Nehemiah 2:19 - Geshem Nehemiah 6:11 - would go Nehemiah 6:19 - to put Jeremiah 18:19 - hearken Ezekiel 30:24 - I will Luke 13:31 - Get
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Shemaiah: Nehemiah 6:12, Ezra 8:16, Ezra 10:31, Proverbs 11:9, Matthew 7:15
shut up: 2 Kings 9:8, Jeremiah 36:5, Ezekiel 3:24
Let us meet: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 120:2, Psalms 120:3
the house: 1 Kings 6:5, 2 Kings 11:3
let us shut: 2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 29:3, 2 Chronicles 29:7, Malachi 1:10, Acts 21:30
in the night: Job 24:13-17, John 3:20
Reciprocal: Psalms 11:3 - what Psalms 27:5 - secret John 20:19 - when
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Should such: Nehemiah 6:3, 1 Samuel 19:5, Job 4:3-6, Psalms 11:1, Psalms 11:2, Psalms 112:6, Psalms 112:8, Proverbs 28:1, Isaiah 10:18, Luke 13:31-33, Acts 8:1, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:13, Hebrews 11:27
would go: Nehemiah 6:9, Numbers 32:7-9, Ecclesiastes 10:1, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:30
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:9 - none 1 Samuel 22:4 - in the hold Esther 4:14 - for such a time Psalms 27:5 - secret Proverbs 27:8 - man Jeremiah 37:12 - went Daniel 6:10 - as he John 18:4 - Whom John 20:19 - when
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
I perceived: Ezekiel 13:22, 1 Corinthians 2:15, 1 Corinthians 12:10
God had: Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23:16, Jeremiah 23:25, Jeremiah 28:15, Ezekiel 13:7, 1 John 4:1
hired him: Isaiah 56:11, Ezekiel 13:19, Micah 3:11, Acts 20:33, 1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 1:7, 1 Peter 5:2, 2 Peter 2:3, Revelation 18:13
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:7 - appointed Nehemiah 6:10 - Shemaiah Daniel 11:30 - have intelligence 2 Peter 2:1 - there were
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
that I should: Proverbs 29:5, Isaiah 51:7, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Isaiah 57:11, Jeremiah 1:17, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 13:17-23, Matthew 10:28, 2 Timothy 1:7, Revelation 21:8
and sin: James 4:17
and that they: Nehemiah 6:6, Proverbs 22:1, Ecclesiastes 7:1
that: Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 20:10, Daniel 6:4, Daniel 6:5, Matthew 22:15, Matthew 26:59, Acts 6:13, 2 Corinthians 11:12, 1 Timothy 5:14, Titus 2:8
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:7 - appointed Nehemiah 6:19 - to put Proverbs 16:29 - General Ecclesiastes 10:1 - a little
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
My God: Nehemiah 5:19, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 63:1
think thou: Nehemiah 4:4, Nehemiah 4:5, Nehemiah 13:29, Psalms 36:11, Psalms 36:12, Psalms 140:5-11, Jeremiah 11:20-23, Jeremiah 18:20-23, 2 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:15, 1 John 5:16
on the prophetess: 1 Kings 22:22-24, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 9:15, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 14:18, Jeremiah 28:1, Jeremiah 28:10, Jeremiah 28:15, Ezekiel 13:16, Ezekiel 13:17, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 24:11, Matthew 24:24, 2 Timothy 3:8, Revelation 19:20
Reciprocal: Judges 4:4 - General Nehemiah 6:9 - For they Nehemiah 7:5 - my God Jeremiah 15:15 - remember Acts 21:9 - which
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
wall: Ezra 6:15, Psalms 1:3, Daniel 9:25
fifty: Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:2
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 4:6 - had a mind Nehemiah 7:1 - the wall
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
when all our enemies: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 6:2
for they perceived: Exodus 14:25, Numbers 23:23, Joshua 5:1, Psalms 126:2, Acts 5:38
Reciprocal: Esther 7:6 - was afraid Jeremiah 33:9 - fear
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
the nobles: Nehemiah 3:5, Nehemiah 5:7, Nehemiah 13:28, Micah 7:1-6, Matthew 24:10-12
sent many letters unto Tobiah: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:4 - allied Proverbs 11:13 - revealeth Jeremiah 29:25 - Because Jeremiah 41:10 - to the
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
Arah: Nehemiah 7:10, Ezra 2:5
Meshullam: Nehemiah 3:4, Nehemiah 3:30
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:4 - allied Jeremiah 41:10 - to the
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
they reported: Proverbs 28:4, John 7:7, John 15:19, 1 John 4:5
words: or, matters
to put: Nehemiah 6:9, Nehemiah 6:13, Isaiah 37:10-14, Acts 4:18-21
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:25 - Because