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Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach was left in it, ^(C1)although at that time I had not installed the doors in the gates,

In it was written: "It is reported among the nations, and ^(F1)Gashmu says, that ^(C1)you and the Jews intend to rebel; for that reason you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.