Charles Ellicott Commentary Nehemiah 6:19

"Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear." — Nehemiah 6:19 (ASV)

Reported his good deeds. —Besides the correspondence thus carried on. These nobles strove to exalt the character of Tobiah to the governor, while they informed the enemy of all that went on. This information enabled him to write the unsettling letters which Nehemiah says he regularly received.