Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 16:4

²that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they were plotting to do me mischief.

³So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 16:4 —

⁵Then Sanballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

⁶And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that thou and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore thou art building the wall, and thou wilt be a king to them.