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Nehemiah 6
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Nehemiah 6:1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the
Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and
that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the
doors upon the gates;)
2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in
some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me
mischief.
3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I
cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to
you?
4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after
the same manner.
5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an
open letter in his hand;
6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it,
that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall,
that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying,
There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to
these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest,
but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the
work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
10 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.
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Shemaiah = A professed friend, but a false prophet.
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Nehemiah 6:12 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.
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Shut up = confined, as in prison. Hebrew word 'azar.
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Jeremiah 33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of
the prison, saying,
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Jeremiah 36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am
shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
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The house of God. This must have been a temporary structure.
Nehemiah would not be without some place wherein to worship. The
Altar not yet erected. The Temple not yet built.
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God = Hebrew word Elohim (with Art.) = the (true)God.
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Shut = close, so as to conceal.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in
fifty and two days.
16 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.
17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and
the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
18 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.
19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And
Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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