3 Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.'
4 Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
5 And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
6 'It has been heard among the Gentiles, and Geshem has said it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, and because of this, you are building the wall and thinking to raise yourself as a king over them. For this reason,
7 you also have stationed prophets, who preach about you in Jerusalem, saying: 'There is a king in Judea!' But the king will hear about these words. Therefore, come now, so that we may go to counsel together.'
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