Nehemiah 6:17
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Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.

the nobles

Nehemiah 3:5 And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

Nehemiah 5:7 And my heart thought with myself: and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them,

Nehemiah 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.

Micah 7:1-6 Woe is me, for I am become as one that gleaneth in autumn the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, my soul desired the first ripe figs. . . .

Matthew 24:10-12 And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another. . . .

sent many letters unto Tobiah.

Context
Completion of the Wall
16And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down within themselves, for they perceived that this work was the work of God. 17Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.18For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16
And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, that all nations which were round about us, were afraid, and were cast down within themselves, for they perceived that this work was the work of God.

Nehemiah 6:18
For there were many in Judea sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Sechenias the son of Area, and Johanan his son had taken to wife the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias.

Nehemiah 13:4
And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.

Lexicon
Also
גַּ֣ם ׀ (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

in those
הָהֵ֗ם (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

days,
בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

the nobles
חֹרֵ֤י (ḥō·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2715: White, pure, noble

of Judah
יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

sent many
מַרְבִּ֞ים (mar·bîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

letters
אִגְּרֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם (’ig·gə·rō·ṯê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 107: An epistle

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Tobiah,
טוֹבִיָּ֑ה (ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite

and Tobiah’s
לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה (lə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite

letters
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

came back
בָּא֥וֹת (bā·’ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to them.
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to


Additional Translations
Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them.

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came to them.

Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;
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