Nehemiah 4:7

Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabs, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites had heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been closed, and that the breaches had begun to be repaired, they were exceedingly angry.

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In The King James Version

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

In Context

6And so we built the wall, and we joined it together, even to the unfinished portion. And the heart of the people was stirred up for the work.

8And they all gathered together, so that they might go forth and fight against Jerusalem, and so that they might prepare ambushes.

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Cross References

Judges 10:7And the Lord, becoming angry against them, delivered them into the hands of the Philistines and the sons of Ammon.

1 Samuel 5:1Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they transported it from the Stone of Assistance into Ashdod.

2 Samuel 10:1Now after these things, it happened that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned after him.

2 Chronicles 20:1After these things, the sons of Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and with them some from the Ammonites, gathered together so that they might fight against him.

Ezra 4:4Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.

Nehemiah 2:10And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:2-7

The Opposition of Sanballat, &c.. ( b. c. 445.) 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they… Read the whole commentary →

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