16:006:010 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah
the son of Delaiah
the
son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let
us
meet
together in the house of God, within the temple, and
let
us
shut the doors of the temple: for they will come
to slay
thee;
yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
16:006:011 And I said, Should such a man as I flee?
and who is there,
that,
being as I am, would go into the temple to save his
life?
I will not go in.
16:006:012 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent
him; but that he
pronounced
this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat
had
hired him.
16:006:013 Therefore was he hired, that I should be
afraid, and do so,
and
sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report,
that
they might reproach me.
16:006:014 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat
according to
these
their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the
rest
of
the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
16:006:015 So the wall was finished in the twenty
and fifth day of the
month
Elul, in fifty and two days.
16:006:016 And it came to pass, that when all our
enemies heard thereof,
and
all the heathen that were about us saw these things,
they
were
much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived
that
this
work was wrought of our God.
16:006:017 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah
sent many letters
unto
Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
16:006:018 For there were many in Judah sworn unto
him, because he was
the
son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son
Johanan
had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of
Berechiah.
16:006:019 Also they reported his good deeds before
me, and uttered my
words
to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
16:007:001 Now it came to pass, when the wall was
built, and I had set up
the
doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites
were
appointed,
16:007:002 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah
the ruler of the
palace,
charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man,
and
feared
God above many.
16:007:003 And I said unto them, Let not the gates
of Jerusalem be opened
until
the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut
the
doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the
inhabitants
of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every
one
to be over against his house.
16:007:004 Now the city was large and great:
but the people were few
therein,
and the houses were not builded.


