Nehemiah 6:7

You have also appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' You can be sure the king will hear these reports. Therefore come, let us speak with one another.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6In it was written, 1 “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, for that is why you are rebuilding the wall. From what these reports say, you are about to become their king. 1

8Then I sent word to him saying, “No such things have occurred as you say, for within your heart you invented them.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:7He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. They followed Adonijah and helped him.

1 Kings 1:25For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, fatted calves, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. They are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!'

Nehemiah 6:12I realized that it was not God who sent him, but that he had prophesied against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Acts 23:15Now, therefore, let the council tell the chief captain to bring him down to you, as if you would decide his case more precisely. As for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes here.”

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 →

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