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13 He had been bribed to intimidate me and make me sin by acting in this way. Then they could ruin my reputation and discredit me.

14 Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, O my God, according to those things they did, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to intimidate me.

15 Conclusion of the Work. The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul.[a] It was completed in fifty-two days.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 6:15 Elul: September–October. Fifty-two days: the work was certainly carried out very energetically by all the people, but we must remember that the destruction had not been total and that the rebuilding had not begun with Nehemiah (see the decree of Artaxerxes in Ezr 4:17-22).

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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