Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
Nehemiah 6:17
Surrounding context
6:16 And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
6:17 Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
6:18 For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.