Nehemiah 6:8
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you sayest, but you feignest them out of your own heart.
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6 Wherein written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu says you and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause you buildest the wall, that you mayest be their king, according to these words.
7 And you hast also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you sayest, but you feignest them out of your own heart.
9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, , strengthen my hands.
10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of Elohim, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay you; yes, in the night will they come to slay you.