Nehemiah 6:10

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	בָ֗אתִי Va.ti	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Shemaiah	שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה she.ma'.Yah	H8098	Shemajah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Delaiah	דְּלָיָ֛ה de.la.Yah	H1806	Delajah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Mehetabeel

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Jeremiah 36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Psalms 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
1 Kings 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the o…
2 Kings 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left i…
2 Kings 11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
2 Chronicles 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the…
2 Chronicles 29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:10-14

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. Observing him to be a cautious man, they will endeavour to gain their point by making him cowardly. Observe, I. How basely the enemies managed this temptation. 1. That which they designed was to bring Nehemiah to do a foolish thing, that they might laugh at him, and insult over him for doing it, and so lessen his interest and influence (Neh 6:13): That I should be afraid, and so they might hav…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 6:10

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah, &c.--This man was the son of a priest, who was an intimate and confidential friend of Nehemiah. The young man claimed to be endowed with the gift of prophecy. Having been secretly bribed by Sanballat, he, in his pretended capacity of prophet, told Nehemiah that his enemies were that night to make an attempt upon his life. He advised him, at the same time, to consult his safety by concealing himself in the sanctuary, a crypt which, from its sanctity, was strong and secure. But the noble-minded governor determined at all hazards to remain at his post, and not bring discredit on the cause of God and religion by his unworthy cowardice in leaving the t…

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Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 6:10

Who was shut up - Lived in a sequestered, solitary state; pretending to sanctity, and to close intercourse with God. Let us meet together in the house of God - The meaning is, "Shut yourself up in the temple; appear to have taken sanctuary there, for in it alone can you find safety." This he said to discourage and disgrace him, and to ruin the people; for, had Nehemiah taken his advice, the people would have been without a leader, their enemies would have come upon them at once, and they would have been an easy prey. Besides, had Nehemiah done this, he would have been shut up in the temple, his government would have been declared at an end, and Sanballat would have assumed the reins.

The Church Fathers

And I entered the house of Shemaiah, etc. Assaulted by the treacheries of enemies, Nehemiah entered the house of Shemaiah as though of a friend and brother; but he also found him to be a traitor and enemy, since he had been corrupted by the gifts and friendship of outsiders; for the chosen always have battles without, fears within; not only apostles, but also prophets, lived lives beset by dangers from their kind, dangers from their demands, dangers from false brothers.
— Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

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Dictionary and topics

Delaiah — Freed by Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-third division of the priestly order (1 Chr. 24:18). (2.) A son of Shemaiah, and one of the courtiers to whom Jeremiah’s first roll of prophecy was read…
Mehetabeel — Whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah (Neh. 6:10).
Mehetableel — (favored of God), another and less correct form of Mehetabel. The ancestor of Shemaiah the prophet who was hired against Nehemiah by Tobiah and Sanballat. (Nehemiah 6:10)
Shemaiah — Whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr.…
Bribery · .The false prophet, Shemaiah — .The false prophet, Shemaiah
Church · HOUSE OF GOD — HOUSE OF GOD
Delaiah · 4. Father of a false prophet — 4. Father of a false prophet
Mehetabeel · A per — A per
Murder · Often committed by night — Often committed by night
Tobiah · .Conspires to injure and intimidate Nehemiah — .Conspires to injure and intimidate Nehemiah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 6:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:10-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 6:10

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 6:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Nehemiah 6:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:10-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 6:10

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 6:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Nehemiah 6:10

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 6:10-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 6:6-7

Rashi on Nehemiah 6:10