Nehemiah 6:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² then Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, so that we may meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono.” And they thought to do me evil.

³ Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying, “I have a great work to do, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

⁴ Still, they sent to me four times in the same way. And I answered them in the same way.