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Nehemiah 6:4

They sent to me four times like this; and I answered them the same way.

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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

3I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

5Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

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Cross References

Judges 16:10Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”

Proverbs 7:21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

Luke 18:5yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”

Galatians 2:5to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, 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 →

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