Nehemiah 6:4
And they sent to me four times after this sort, and I answered them after the same manner.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
In Context
5Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand
Cross References
Judges 16:10And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou have mocked me, and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou might be bound.
Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
Luke 18:5yet because this widow causes me a beating, I will avenge her, lest by no end of coming she give me a black eye.
Galatians 2:5to whom we yielded in subjection not even for an hour, so that the truth of the good-news might continue with you.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:2-10
The Plot of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 1 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;) 2 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. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work,… Read the whole commentary →