Neh 2:19-20 | ESV | STEP | But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said , What is this thing that you are doing ? Are you rebelling against the king ?

Nehemiah 2:19-20

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and ^aGeshem the Arab heard of it, ^bthey jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? ^cAre you rebelling against the king?” 20 Then I replied to them, ^d“The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim ^{▼▼Or memorial} in Jerusalem.”