Nehemiah 6:2-4

New King James Version

² that Sanballat and ^[a]Geshem ^(A)sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together ^[b]among the villages in the plain of ^(B)Ono.” But they ^(C)thought to do me harm.

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

⁴ But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.