7. He also reports that you have appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim about you, ‘Look! There is a king in Judah!’“You can be very sure that this report will get back to the king, so I suggest that you come and talk it over with me.”
8. I replied, “There is no truth in any part of your story. You are making up the whole thing.”
9. They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.
10. Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.”
11. But I replied, “Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won’t do it!”
12. I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.