Nehemiah 6:4 DBY

²  that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

³  And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

⁴  And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

⁵  Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

⁶  in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.