Nehemiah 4:1

And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?

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Cross References

Ezra 4:1And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah the God of Israel;

Nehemiah 2:19And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

Acts 5:17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 4:1

We left all hands at work for the building of the wall about Jerusalem. But such good work is not wont to be carried on without opposition; now here we are told what opposition was given to it, and what methods Nehemiah took to forward the work, notwithstanding that opposition. I. Their enemies reproached and ridiculed their undertaking, but their scoffs they answered with prayers: they heeded them not, but went on with their work notwithstanding, ver. 1-6 . II. They formed a bloody design against them, to hinder… Read the whole commentary →

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