Nehemiah 6:10-12

Revised Standard Version

¹⁰ Now when I went into the house of Shemai′ah the son of Delai′ah, son of Mehet′abel, who was shut up, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill you, at night they are coming to kill you.” ¹¹ But I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple and live?^[a] I will not go in.” ¹² And I understood, and saw that God had not sent him, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobi′ah and Sanbal′lat had hired him.