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Nehemiah 6:11 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 6 · verse 11
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.Nehemiah 6:11 · King James Version
Nehemiah 6:11 in context
9For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
10Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- fleebârachto boltH1272 →
- lifechâyayto liveH2425 →
- gobôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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The Jews' enemies leave no stone unturned, no way untried, to take Nehemiah off from building the wall about Jerusalem. In order to this they had tried to fetch him into the country to them, but in vain; now they try to drive him into the temple for his own safety; let him be any where but at his work.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-14