ESV Reformation Study Bible – Neh 6:1
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Neh 6:1

6:1 when Sanballat . . . heard. The phrase continues the series of similar phrases (2:10 note) and brings the reader back to the main topic of Neh. 1:1–7:3, from which ch. 5 was a digression (5:1–13 note). The conflict that has been steadily escalating here reaches its climax, as the wall is virtually complete. This final attempt to stop the work is threefold: to harm (vv. 2–4), to frighten (vv. 5–9), and to discredit (vv. 10–13) Nehemiah.