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Nehemiah 6:2

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Come: They wished to get him out of Jerusalem, from his friends, that they might either carry him off or murder him. 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:9; Psalms 37:12; Proverbs 26:24-26; Ecclesiastes 4:4

Ono: Nehemiah 11:35; 1 Chronicles 8:12

they thought: Psalms 12:2, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:32; Jeremiah 41:2; Ezekiel 33:31; Micah 7:4-5; Luke 20:19-21

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