Nehemiah 6:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

All this time the Jewish leaders and Tobiah had been writing letters back and forth.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:28

Jehoiada, the son of the high priest Eliashib, had a son who had married a daughter of Sanballat from Horon, and I forced his son to leave.

Nehemiah 13:4

The priest Eliashib was a relative of Tobiah and had earlier been put in charge of the temple storerooms.

Nehemiah 3:5

The next section was to be repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their town leaders refused to do the hard work they were assigned.

Nehemiah 5:7

So I thought it over and said to the leaders and officials, “How can you charge your own people interest?” Then I called a public meeting and accused the leaders

Nehemiah 6:16

When our enemies in the surrounding nations learnt that the work was finished, they felt helpless, because they knew that our God had helped us rebuild the wall.

Nehemiah 6:18

Many people in Judah were loyal to Tobiah for two reasons: Shecaniah son of Arah was his father-in-law, and Tobiah's son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.