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 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
