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Neh. 6:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 nightg will they come to slay thee.

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Job 24:16• ¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light: (Job 24:16)

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Shemaiah.

Neh. 6:12• ¹²And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him. (Neh. 6:12)

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Ezra 8:16• ¹⁶And I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and for Elnathan, men of understanding. (Ezra 8:16)

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Ezra 10:31• ³¹And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon, (Ezra 10:31)

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Prov. 11:9• ⁹With his mouth a hypocrite destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered. (Prov. 11:9)

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Matt. 7:15• ¹⁵But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves. (Matt. 7:15)

shut up.

2 Kings 9:8• ⁸And the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel. (2 Kings 9:8)

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Jer. 36:5• ⁵And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up, I cannot go into the house of Jehovah; but go thou in, (Jer. 36:5)

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Ezek. 3:24• ²⁴And the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy house. (Ezek. 3:24)

Let us meet.

Psa. 12:2• ²They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak. (Psa. 12:2)

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Psa. 37:12• ¹²The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him. (Psa. 37:12)

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Psa. 120:2‑3• ²Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
³What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? (Psa. 120:2‑3)

the house.

1 Kings 6:5• ⁵And against the wall of the house he built floors round about, against the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about. (1 Kings 6:5)

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2 Kings 11:3• ³And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land. (2 Kings 11:3)

let us shut.

2 Chron. 28:24• ²⁴And Ahaz gathered the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and closed the doors of the house of Jehovah, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 28:24)

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2 Chron. 29:3,7• ³He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.
⁷Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered up burnt-offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel. (2 Chron. 29:3,7)

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Mal. 1:10• ¹⁰Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at your hand. (Mal. 1:10)

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Acts 21:30• ³⁰And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. (Acts 21:30)

in the night.

Job 24:13‑17• ¹³There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
¹⁴The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
¹⁵And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.
¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
¹⁷For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death. (Job 24:13‑17)

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John 3:20• ²⁰For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; (John 3:20)

• As a good soldier he did not flee the enemy, and as a faithful servant of God, he knew that it was inappropriate for him to use the temple in that manner. (“Personal Attacks on Nehemiah - Neh. 6:1-19” by N. Simon)

• Nehemiah, as the reader will perceive, was the one obstacle to the enemy's success, and thus the object of all hatred. For amid general unfaithfulness he was faithful—sustained in his path by the grace of his God. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 6” by E. Dennett)

• What is life to a faithful soldier? The place for a soldier to die is in the post of duty. To flee would have been to deny his true character and to have exposed his followers to the victorious power of the enemy. Through grace Nehemiah was not one to turn his back to the foe in the day of battle; and he thus met the solicitations of his "friend" by resolutely declining his proffered advice. (Compare Psa. 55:12-14.) (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 6” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself 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 are coming to kill thee; even in the nightb are they coming to kill thee.

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Or "to-night."