Nehemiah 6:13

13 They paid him to frighten me so I would do this and sin. Then they could give me a bad name to shame 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? Should I run for my life into the Temple? I will not go."

12 I knew that God had not sent him but that Tobiah and Sanballat had paid him to prophesy against me.

13 They paid him to frighten me so I would do this and sin. Then they could give me a bad name to shame me.

14 I prayed, "My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat and what they have done. Also remember the prophetess Noadiah and the other prophets who have been trying to frighten me."

15 The wall of Jerusalem was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul. It took fifty-two days to rebuild.