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Nehemiah 6:11
“I said, "Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
Verse in context — Nehemiah 6
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, "Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [God], strengthen my hands.
I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; 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 kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.
I said, "Should such a man as I flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
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