Nehemiah 6:11-13

New Catholic Bible

¹¹ However, I said: “Should a man like me run away? Or should a man like me go into the temple to save his life?”

¹² Then I realized that God had not sent Shemaiah to say this, but rather that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. ¹³ He had been bribed to intimidate me and make me sin by acting in this way. Then they could ruin my reputation and discredit me.