Nehemiah 6:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

I perceived that God had not sent him Partly by considering the sinful nature and pernicious consequences of this counsel; partly by the suggestion of God's Spirit, whose direction I sought in this matter; and partly by the event, which manifested that there was no such danger from the approach of the enemy as was pretended.

Nehemiah 6:12

12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.