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 night will they come to slay thee.
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Gill's Exposition
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up,.... Either in his own house, or in a chamber in the temple, as if he had given himself up to…
Barnes' Notes
Who was shut up - On account, probably, of some legal uncleaness. Compare Jer 36:5.
Adam Clarke
Who was shut up - Lived in a sequestered, solitary state; pretending to sanctity, and to close intercourse with God.
Let us meet together in the house of God - The meaning is, "Shut yourself up in the…
The Jews' enemies leave no stone unturned, no way untried, to take Nehemiah off from building the wall about Jerusalem. In order to this they had tried to fetch him into the country to them, but in…
Cambridge Bible
Dangers from within: False Prophets (Neh 6:10-14)
10. Afterward I came R.V. And I went. There is no note of time expressed.
Shemaiah the son of Delaiah Not otherwise known; apparently a priest and a…
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