Nehemiah 6:13

13 He was hired to intimidate me into doing this so that I would sin. Then they could give me a bad reputation in order to 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 asked, "Should a man like me run away? Would a man like me go into the temple to save his life? I won't go."

12 Then I realized that God hadn't sent him. Instead, Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him to prophesy against me.

13 He was hired to intimidate me into doing this so that I would sin. Then they could give me a bad reputation in order to discredit me.

14 [Nehemiah prayed,] "My God, remember what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Also, remember the female prophet Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who have been trying to intimidate me."

15 The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul. The wall took 52 days to finish.