John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 6:7
And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem ,.... This he said to cover what he and Tobiah had been doing, tampering with, corrupting, and hiring the prophets to discourage him, and put him upon methods, whereby the work would cease: saying, there is a king in Judah ; besides Artaxerxes, whose yoke they were casting off, having got a king of their own, and among them: and now shall it be reported to the king, according to these words ; such a report as this,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 6:1-9
Two plots upon Nehemiah we have here an account of, how cunningly they were laid by his enemies and how happily frustrated by God's good providence and his prudence. I. A plot to trepan him into a snare. The enemies had an account of the good forwardness the work was in, that all the breaches of the wall were made up, so that they considered it as good as done, though at that time the doors of the gates were off the hinges (Neh. 6:1); they must therefore now or never, by one bold stroke, take... read more