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27 lines
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## the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them ##
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There was constant communication between the wealthy of Judah and the enemy of the Jews, Tobiah.
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## There were many in Judah who were bound by an oath to him ##
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"There were many people in Judah who owed allegiance to Tobiah"
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## he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah ##
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This means that Tobiah was married to the daughter of Shecaniah.
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## Tobiah...Shecaniah...Arah...Jehohanan...Meshullam...Berechiah ##
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These are the names of males. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## They also spoke to me about his good deeds and reported my words back to him ##
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"The Jewish nobles told me about Tobiah's good deeds and then told him about my responses."
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## Letters were sent to me from Tobiah to frighten me ##
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This passive clause can be translated as an active clause. AT: "Tobiah sent letters to me to scare me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## to frighten me ##
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"to scare me." The continuing goal was to overcome Nehemiah using fear. |