Nehemiah 6:8-10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁸ And I sent to them, saying: There is no such thing done as thou sayest: but thou feignest these things out of thy own heart.

⁹ For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:

¹⁰ And I went into the house of Samaia the son of Delaia, the son of Metabeel privately. And he said: Let us consult together in the house of God in the midst of the temple: and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they will come to kill thee, and in the night they will come to slay thee.