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13 For this purpose he was hired—to make me afraid so that I would do this and sin. Then they would have given me a bad reputation, so that they could discredit me.

14 My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who were trying to intimidate me.[a]

The Wall Is Completed Despite Opposition

15 So the wall was finished in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:14 Nehemiah frequently interjects prayers into the narration. To make it easier to recognize them, they receive extra indentation.

13 He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by doing this, and then they would give me a bad name to discredit me.(A)

14 Remember(B) Tobiah and Sanballat,(C) my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet(D) Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets(E) have been trying to intimidate me. 15 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days.

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