Nehemiah 2:10
and Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them—a great evil—that a man has come to seek good for the sons of Israel.
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In Context
11And I come to Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
Cross References
Ezra 4:4And it comes to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,
Nehemiah 4:1And it comes to pass, when Sanballat has heard that we are building the wall, that it is displeasing to him, and he is very angry and mocks at the Jews,
Nehemiah 6:1And it comes to pass, when it has been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have built the wall, and there has not been left in it a breach (also, until that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
Nehemiah 13:4And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah,
Psalms 112:10The wicked sees, and has been angry, || He gnashes his teeth, and has melted, || The desire of the wicked perishes!
Proverbs 27:4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 2:10-20
Nehemiah's Journey to Jerusalem; the Malice of Sanballat, &c. ( b. c. 445.) 9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me;… Read the whole commentary →