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Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me with a fifth message, this one in the form of an unsealed letter.[a] It read:

“Geshem tells me that a rumor is going around among the neighboring peoples that you and the Jewish people intend to revolt and that this is why you are rebuilding the wall. He also says you plan to make yourself king and that you have arranged for some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you are the king of Judah. His Majesty is certain to hear about this, so I suggest that you and I meet to talk the situation over.”

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:5 Leaving a letter unsealed was a deliberate way of making certain that its contents would become widely known.

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