²² After him the priests, the men of the surrounding area, made repairs.^(A)

²⁸ The companies of the singers gathered together from the circuit around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,^(A)

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