Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.

Then, the fifth time, Sanballat(A) sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter in which was written:

“It is reported among the nations—and Geshem[a](B) says it is true—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and therefore you are building the wall. Moreover, according to these reports you are about to become their king and have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem: ‘There is a king in Judah!’ Now this report will get back to the king; so come, let us meet together.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:6 Hebrew Gashmu, a variant of Geshem

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