when Sanballat: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:7
Geshem: Nehemiah 6:6, Gashmu
no breach: Nehemiah 4:6-7; Daniel 9:25
at that time: Nehemiah 3:1, Nehemiah 3:3, Nehemiah 3:6
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Nehemiah 6:1
Nehemiah 6:1
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