Nehemiah 6:16-18

New American Standard Bible 1995

^16 (A)When all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they ^[a]lost their confidence; for ^(B)they recognized that this work had been accomplished ^[b]with the help of our God. ¹⁷ Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them. ¹⁸ For many in Judah were bound by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.