{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/nehemiah/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:33:31.669Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Nehemiah","bookSlug":"nehemiah","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God , strengthen thou my hands."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For this cause 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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard thereof , that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah to wife."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear."}],"citation":{"inline":"Nehemiah 6 (ASV)","markdown":"[Nehemiah 6](https://primebible.com/asv/nehemiah/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/nehemiah/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}