How did Nehemias respond to the invitations, accusations and temple proposal?

When Sanaballat, Tobias, Gossem the Arabian, and their hostile allies learned that Nehemias had repaired the wall of Jerusalem without leaving any breaches—though the gate doors were not yet mounted—Sanaballat and Gossem sent messages inviting him to confer in one of the villages on the plain of Ono. The account says they intended harm. Nehemias sent word that he was engaged in an important enterprise and could not halt the work to travel down to them. They repeated this invitation four times, and each time he returned the identical response. On the fifth occasion, Sanaballat dispatched his servant carrying a letter claiming that neighboring Gentiles and Gossem reported that the Jews intended to rebel, that Nehemias was building the fortifications to proclaim himself king, and that he had appointed prophets to herald his royalty in Jerusalem. Warning that the Persian monarch would hear these allegations, the letter called for taking counsel together. Nehemias firmly dismissed the charges as fabrications originating entirely in Sanaballat's own imagination, realizing the adversaries sought to terrorize the builders into abandoning their labor, and he resolved to pursue the work with greater vigor.

Subsequently, Nehemias privately visited the house of Samaia son of Delaia son of Metabeel. Samaia urged Nehemias to take refuge inside the temple of God and bolt the doors, claiming assassins planned to murder him during the night. Nehemias refused to flee or seek safety within the holy place, asking whether a man such as he should flee or enter the temple to save his life. Nehemias recognized that God had not commissioned Samaia, but that Tobias and Sanaballat had bribed him to pose as a prophet. Their scheme aimed to induce panic, lure the governor into an act the account calls sin that would compromise his reputation, and provide grounds for public reproach. In response, Nehemias prayed that the Lord would remember the deceitful deeds of Tobias, Sanaballat, the prophet Noadias, and the other prophets who conspired to intimidate him.

The reconstruction of the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, taking only fifty-two days to finish. When surrounding nations and hostile neighbors heard the news, they were seized with fear and felt deeply disheartened, recognizing that the extraordinary accomplishment had been brought about through the power of God. Even during this period, internal disloyalty persisted among the prominent men of Judea, who maintained an active correspondence with Tobias. Many Jewish nobles had sworn allegiance to him because of kinship ties, since Tobias was the son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Area, while his son Johanan had married the daughter of Mosollam the son of Barachias. These leaders openly praised Tobias's character in Nehemias's presence and reported the governor's words back to him, while Tobias continued sending threatening dispatches to instill fear in Nehemias.