Nehemiah 6:2

Nehemiah 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do me harm.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm.

Context of Nehemiah 6:2

1When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that no gap was left in it — though at that time I had not installed the doors in the city gates — Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of the Ono Valley.” They were planning to harm me. 3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing important work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?” 4Four times they sent me the same proposal, and I gave them the same reply.

Nehemiah 6:2 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח סַנְבַלַּ֤ט וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר לְכָ֞ה וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה יַחְדָּ֛ו בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים בְּבִקְעַ֣ת אוֹנ֑וֹ וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לִ֖י רָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That Sanballatסַנְבַלַּטsanballaţ · SanballatH5571
• and Geshemגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem gashmû · GeshemH1654
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• unto me, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Comeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• let us meetיָעַדyâ‛ad · to appointH3259
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• the villagesכְּפִירִיםkephîyr · HakkephirimH3715
• in the plainבִּקְעָהbiq‛âh · valleyH1237
• of Onoאוֹנוֹ'ônô 'ônô · OnoH207
• But they thoughtחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
• to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• me mischiefרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451

Cross-references for Nehemiah 6:2

• 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother.
• 2 Samuel 20:9Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother?” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
• Psalms 37:12The wicked person schemes against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
• Proverbs 26:24A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within.
• Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Nehemiah 11:35Lod, and Ono, in Craftsmen’s Valley.
• 1 Chronicles 8:12Elpaal’s sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its surrounding villages,
• Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.
• Jeremiah 41:2but then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword; he killed the one the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.
• Ezekiel 33:31So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.
• Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.
• Luke 20:19Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Come, let us meet together in - the plain of Ono - They wished to get him out of Jerusalem from among his friends, that they might either carry him off, or murder him. Ono is supposed to have been in the tribe of Benjamin, near Jordan.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The choice made of Ono, on the skirts of Benjamin, 25 or 30 miles from Jerusalem, as the meeting-place, was, no doubt, in order to draw Nehemiah to a distance from his supporters, that so an attack might be made on him with a better chance of success.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The plain of Ono, located near Lod (Ezra 2:33), was likely a neutral site west of Jerusalem. Nehemiah would have been unprotected there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-192-4. Then Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me--The Samaritan leaders, convinced that they could not overcome Nehemiah by open arms, resolved to gain advantage over him by deceit and stratagem. With this in view, under pretext of terminating their differences in an amicable manner, they invited him to a conference. The place of rendezvous was fixed "in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono." "In the villages" is, Hebrew, "in Cephirim," or "Chephirah,"…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 6:2

• Character
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings