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Reference: Geshem Or Gashmu
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An Arabian, who opposed the work of the Lord in the time of Nehemiah, by ridicule and plots, Ne 2:19; 6:1-9; about 445 B. C.
An Arabian, who opposed the work of the Lord in the time of Nehemiah, by ridicule and plots, Ne 2:19; 6:1-9; about 445 B. C.
But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?
Now when word was given to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our haters, that I had done the building of the wall and that there were no more broken places in it (though even then I had not put up the doors in the doorways); Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil. read more. And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you? And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer. Then Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time with an open letter in his hand; And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king; And that you have prophets preaching about you in Jerusalem, and saying, There is a king in Judah: now an account of these things will be sent to the king. So come now, and let us have a discussion. Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself. For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain