Nehemiah 6:2-4

Expanded Bible

² So Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, Nehemiah, let’s meet together in ·Kephirim [or one of the villages] on the plain of Ono.”

But they were ·planning [plotting; scheming] to harm me. ³ So I sent messengers to them with this answer: “I am ·doing [engaged in] a great work, and I can’t come down. ·I don’t want the work to [^LWhy should the work…?] stop while I leave to meet you.” ⁴ Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and each time I sent back the same answer.