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

¹² The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built ^(A)Ono and ^(B)Lod with its towns,

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^19 (A)The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. ^20 (B)So they ^(C)watched him and sent spies, who ^(D)pretended to be sincere, that they might ^(E)catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of ^(F)the governor. ²¹ So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and ^(G)show no partiality,^[a] but truly teach ^(H)the way of God.

^31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for ^(B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

^2 (A)Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, ^(B)whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

⁴ Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is ^(A)vanity^[a] and a striving after wind.