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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 (6:11) 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 (6:12) 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 (6:13) 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 (6:14) So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty and two days (6:15) 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 (6:16) Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came unto them (6:17) 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 (6:18) Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear
(6:19)
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