Nehemiah 6:9-11 For they all were trying to make us afraid by saying, “Their hands will become tired from laboring, so the work won’t be completed.”“Therefore, LORD, strengthen my hands!”

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ For they all were trying to make us afraid by saying, “Their hands will become tired from laboring, so the work won’t be completed.”
“Therefore, LORD, strengthen my hands!”
¹⁰ A Conspiracy Charge EmergesLater I visited Delaiah’s son Shemaiah, a grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined at home. He kept urging me, “Let’s meet together at the house of God, within the Temple, and take refuge there, because they’re coming to kill you. In fact, they’re coming at night to kill you!”
¹¹ But I asked him, “Should a man like me run? Should someone like me run into the Temple to save his life? I won’t go there!”