Nehemiah 6:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

An evil report. — Nehemiah perceived that not God, but Shemaiah himself, had uttered the prophecy “against me,” and that he was hired to bring the governor into discredit as a violator of law.

Nehemiah 6:13

13 Therefore 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.