Nehemiah 6:9-11

International Children’s Bible

⁹ Our enemies were trying to scare us. They were thinking, “They will get too weak to work. Then the wall will not be finished.”

But I prayed, “God, make me strong.”

¹⁰ One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah. Delaiah was the son of Mehetabel. Shemaiah had to stay at home. He said, “Nehemiah, let’s meet in the Temple of God. Let’s go inside the Temple and close the doors. Men are coming at night to kill you.”

¹¹ But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Should I run into the Temple to save my life? I will not go.”