Nehemiah 6:2
in Nehemiah 6Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
KJV
That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
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This verse in Nehemiah 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseCome, let us meet together in - the plain of Ono - They wished to get him out of Jerusalem from among his friends, that they might either carry him off, or murder him. Ono is supposed to have been in the tribe of Benjamin, near Jordan.
This site's exposition
no breach left therein
on Nehemiah 6:1-2
Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem the Arabian hear that the wall stands with no breach left in it, though the doors are not yet hung on the gates. The work is finished in substance before it is finished in every detail, and the enemies switch from open opposition to a friendly-sounding invitation. Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono reads as neighborly, but the narrator states the aim plainly: they thought to do me mischief. Gill and Clarke both read the summons as a plan to draw Nehemiah away from Jerusalem and his own people before striking him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
With this in view, under pretext of terminating their differences in an amicable manner, they invited him to a conference. The place of rendezvous was fixed "in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono." "In the villages" is, Hebrew, "in Cephirim," or "Chephirah," the name of a town in the territory of Benjamin (Jos 9:17;
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The choice made of Ono, on the skirts of Benjamin, 25 or 30 miles from Jerusalem, as the meeting-place, was, no doubt, in order to draw Nehemiah to a distance from his supporters, that so an attack might be made on him with a better chance of success.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| סַנְבַלַּ֤ט | sanvalat | Sanballat | H5571 → | 10 times |
| וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙ | vegeshem | and Geshem | H1654 → | 4 times |
| אֵלַ֣י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לְכָ֞ה | lekhah | come ! | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה | venivaadah | so let us meet | H3259 → | |
| יַחְדָּ֛ו | yachdav | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| בַּכְּפִירִ֖ים | bakefirim | at <the> Kephirim | H3715 → | |
| בְּבִקְעַ֣ת | bevikat | in [the] plain of | H1237 → | |
| אוֹנ֑וֹ | ʾono | Ono | H207 → | 5 times |
| וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ | vehemah | and they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים | choshevim | [were] planning | H2803 → | 124 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לִ֖י | li | to me | ||
| רָעָֽה׃ | raah | harm | H7451 → | 662 times |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
סַנְבַלַּ֤טSanballat
sanvalatH5571 →10 times
וְגֶ֙שֶׁם֙and Geshem
vegeshemH1654 →4 times
אֵלַ֣יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
לְכָ֞הcome !
lekhahH1980 →1546 times
וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥הso let us meet
venivaadahH3259 →
יַחְדָּ֛וtogether
yachdavH3162 →141 times
בַּכְּפִירִ֖יםat <the> Kephirim
bakefirimH3715 →
בְּבִקְעַ֣תin [the] plain of
bevikatH1237 →
אוֹנ֑וֹOno
ʾonoH207 →5 times
וְהֵ֙מָּה֙and they
vehemahH1992 →553 times
חֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים[were] planning
choshevimH2803 →124 times
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
לִ֖יto me
li
רָעָֽה׃harm
raahH7451 →662 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
it leads to
- Matthew 13:22
The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Psalms 78:36–37
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- James 1:22–24
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Isaiah 29:13
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
- Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Matthew 13:22
Through
1 Chronicles 8:12The sons of Elpaal:
it leads to
- Nehemiah 7:37
the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 7:37
Through
Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
it leads to
- Psalms 35:16
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Psalms 35:16
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About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).