Nehemiah 6:2

Then Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me ,.... Messengers:

saying, come, let us meet together in some one of the villages ; in Cephirim, which Jarchi takes to be the name of a place, perhaps the same with Cephirah, a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:26

in the plain of Ono ; which was in the same tribe, see 1 Chronicles 8:12 , they might pretend a friendly meeting, to accommodate differences between them, or to converse together about the general interest of the king of Persia in those parts:

but they thought to do me mischief ; to kill him, or at least to confine him; this he either conjectured from their general character and behaviour, or he had intelligence of their design.