I came unto the house. — As a specimen of another kind of attack, through false prophets, Shemaiah’s plot is mentioned. This man — probably a priest — Nehemiah found shut up in his house; probably he sent for the governor, and represented himself as being in danger from the common enemy. He predicted that on the night ensuing an attempt would be made on Nehemiah’s life, and proposed that they should meet “within the Temple” — that is, in the holy place, between the Holiest and the outer court — for security.
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Nehemiah 6:10
10 Afterward 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.