^6:2Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, “Come on! Let’s set up a time to meet together at Kephirim¹ in the plain of Ono.” Now they intended to do me harm.

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Footnotes

1 It is not entirely clear whether the Hebrew word כְּפִירִים (kéfirim) is a place-name not mentioned elsewhere in the OT (as indicated in the present translation; so also , ) or whether it means “in [one of] the villages” (so, e.g., , , ; see 499 ; ). The and understand it in the latter sense. Some scholars connect this term with the identically spelled word כּפירים (“lions”) as a figurative description of princes or warriors (e.g., Pss 34:11; 35:17; 58:7; Jer 2:15; Ezek 32:2, 13; Nah 2:14; see ): “let us meet together with the leaders in the plain of Ono.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.”

But they were scheming to harm me;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message: “Come, let’s meet together in the villages of the Ono Valley.” They were planning to harm me.

NLTNew Living Translation

So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of Ono.

But I realized they were plotting to harm me,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they planned to do evil to me.

KJV 1900King James Version

That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

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