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Delaiah (father of Shemaiah)

들라야 (스마야의 아버지)

Named at Nehemiah 6:10 as the father of Shemaiah: “I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home.”

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NEH 6:10–14, engwebp
¹⁰I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”
¹¹I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”
¹²I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him, but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
¹³He was hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
¹⁴“Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets that would have put me in fear.”
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Mehetabel (father of Delaiah) — Father of — Delaiah (father of Shemaiah)

Evidence: Nehemiah 6:10–14
Delaiah (father of Shemaiah) — Father of — Shemaiah (son of Delaiah)

Evidence: Nehemiah 6:10–14

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I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home; and he said, “Let us meet together in God’s house, within the temple, and let’s shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to kill you. Yes, in the night they will come to kill you.”

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Entry: Delaiah (father of Shemaiah) (person-delaiah-shemaiah)
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Current wording: Named at Nehemiah 6:10 as the father of Shemaiah: “I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home.”
Cited evidence: NEH 6:10–14, engwebp
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