Attempts to Discourage the Builders

6 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies^(A) heard that I had rebuilt the wall and that no gap was left in it^(B)—though at that time I had not installed the doors in the city gates^(C)—

⁶ In it was written:

It is reported among the nations—and Geshem^[a](A) agrees—that you and the Jews plan to rebel. This is the reason you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king