Nehemiah 6:15-16

Although their enemies tried to stop the work, the people built the walls of Jerusalem in just 52 days. The people had worked very hard.

Nehemiah always knew that the *Jews were doing God’s work. Now even the enemies of the *Jews knew that God had helped the people to build the walls. So the nations round *Judah became afraid of the *Jews. The God of the *Jews is the only real God. But the other nations served false gods. False gods are not real gods, so they have no power. But God is powerful.

v17 During the time while we were working on the wall, the chief men of *Judah sent many letters to Tobiah. And Tobiah replied many times to them. v18 The chief men sent letters to Tobiah because many of them had promised to be loyal to him. This was because Tobiah was married to Shecaniah’s daughter. Shecaniah was the son of Arah. Also Jehohanan, Tobiah’s son, had married Meshullam’s daughter. Meshullam was the son of Berekiah. v19 Those chief men also told me about good things that Tobiah did. Also they told Tobiah what I replied to them. And Tobiah sent letters in order to scare me.