Nehemiah 6:13

13 He was hired to frighten me and to make me sin by acting in this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.

Nehemiah 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 6:13

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so,
and sin
By distrusting the power and providence of God to protect him, and by going into such a part of the temple, which he, being no priest, had no right to go into:

and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might
reproach me;
as a rebel and traitor against the king, which had been reported of him, and which would be strengthened by such a step.

Nehemiah 6:13 In-Context

11 But I replied, "Should someone like me run away? Who like me would go into the temple to save his life? I won't go in!"

12 Then I realized that God hadn't sent him at all but that he spoke this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 He was hired to frighten me and to make me sin by acting in this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.

14 My God, remember these deeds of Tobiah and Sanballat! Also remember Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to frighten me.

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul. It took fifty-two days.