Nehemiah 6:13

13 For this reason he was hired: to frighten [me] so that I would act and sin, so that they would have a bad report so they could taunt 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 said, "Should a man like me run away? And would a man like me go into the temple so that he can save his life? I will not go in!"

12 Then I look and realized God had not sent him; rather, he had spoken the prophecy against me [because] Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

13 For this reason he was hired: to frighten [me] so that I would act and sin, so that they would have a bad report so they could taunt me.

14 Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to their works, and also Noadiah the prophetess, and the remainder of the prophets who were frightening me.

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.