Nehemiah 6:10

I came unto the house. — As a specimen of another kind of attack, through false prophets, Shemaiah’s plot is mentioned. This man — probably a priest — Nehemiah found shut up in his house; probably he sent for the governor, and represented himself as being in danger from the common enemy. He predicted that on the night ensuing an attempt would be made on Nehemiah’s life, and proposed that they should meet “within the Temple” — that is, in the holy place, between the Holiest and the outer court — for security.