Nehemiah 6:3 meaning and explanation
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Nehemiah is speaking here, the Jewish governor directing the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall under Persian rule. Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem have invited him to a meeting on the plain of Ono, a place outside the city, but verse 2 says plainly that they meant to harm him.
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