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Nehemiah 6:14

Nehemiah 6:14

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

My God, think thou on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works,.... Their wicked counsels and schemes, and not only confound and disappoint them, but reward them as they deserve:and on the prophetess Noadiah: whom Aben Ezra takes to be the same with Shemaiah, because he said, dewn, "let us meet", &c.

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