Nehemiah 6:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

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

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

⁴ They sent to me four times this way, and I answered them as before.