Nehemiah 6:10-12

New Century Version

¹⁰ One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. Shemaiah had to stay at home. He said, “Nehemiah, let’s meet in the Temple of God. Let’s go inside the Temple and close the doors, because men are coming at night to kill you.”

¹¹ But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Should I run for my life into the Temple? I will not go.” ¹² I knew that God had not sent him but that Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to prophesy against me.