Nehemiah 6:10-12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Attempts to Intimidate Nehemiah

¹⁰ I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said:

¹¹ But I said, ‘Should a man like me run away? How can someone like me enter the temple and live?^(A) I will not go.’ ¹² I realised that God had not sent him, because of the prophecy he spoke against me. Tobiah and Sanballat^(B) had hired him.