Nehemiah 2:10
10But when aSanballat the Horonite and bTobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.Nehemiah 4:1
Opposition to the Work
1 ▼▼Ch 3:33 in Hebrew
Now when dSanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews. Nehemiah 4:7
7 ▼▼Ch 4:1 in Hebrew
But when fSanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry. Nehemiah 6:1-2
Conspiracy Against Nehemiah
1Now when gSanballat and Tobiah and hGeshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it ( ialthough up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of jOno.” But they intended to do me harm.
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