Nehemiah 6:1-6

1Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach was left in it, 1although at that time I had not installed the doors in the gates,

2Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let’s meet together 2at Chephirim in the plain of 3Ono.” But they were plotting to 4harm me.

3So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and am unable to come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

4Then they sent messages to me four times worded in this way, and I answered them with the same wording.

5Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same way a fifth time with an open letter in his hand.

6In it was written: “It is reported among the nations, and 5Gashmu says, that 6you and the Jews intend to rebel; for that reason you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.