Nehemiah 6:1-3

Living Bible

6 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that we had almost completed the rebuilding of the wall—though we had not yet hung all the doors of the gates— ² they sent me a message asking me to meet them in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But I realized they were plotting to kill me, ³ so I replied by sending back this message to them: “I am doing a great work! Why should I stop to come and visit with you?”