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Shemaiah. A professed friend, but a false prophet. See Neh_6:12.
shut up = confined, as in prison. Hebrew. 'azar. See Jer_33:1; Jer_36:5.
the house of God. This must have been a temporary structure. Nehemiah would not be without some place wherein to worship. The Altar not yet erected. The Temple not yet built. See notes on Neh_7:4, and p. 618; also App-58.
God. Hebrew. Elohim.(with Art.) = the [true] God.
shut = close, so as to conceal.