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Summary

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

In the night

Bible References

Shemaiah

Nehemiah 6:12
I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat.
Ezra 8:16
So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.
Ezra 10:31
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Proverbs 11:9
With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
Matthew 7:15
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

Shut up

2 Kings 9:8
Ahab's entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
Jeremiah 36:5
Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord's temple.
Ezekiel 3:24
Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, "Go shut yourself in your house.

Let us meet

Psalm 12:2
People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
Psalm 37:12
Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
Psalm 120:2
I said, "O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

The house

1 Kings 6:5
He built an extension all around the walls of the temple's main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.
2 Kings 11:3
He hid out with his nurse in the Lord's temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

Let us shut

2 Chronicles 28:24
Ahaz gathered the items in God's temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord's temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 29:3
In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord's temple and repaired them.
Malachi 1:10
"I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will no longer accept an offering from you.
Acts 21:30
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

In the night

Job 24:13
There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
John 3:20
For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

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