Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanvalat the Choroni, and Toviyah the eved (official), the Ammoni, heard of it, it grieved them with a ra'ah gedolah that there was come an adam to seek the welfare of the Bnei Yisroel.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11So I came to Yerushalayim; was there 3 yamim.
Cross References
Ezra 4:4Then the Am HaAretz weakened the hands of the Am Yehudah, and troubled them from building,
Nehemiah 4:1But it came to pass, that when Sanvalat, and Toviyah, and the Arabs, and the Ammonim, and the Ashdodim, heard about the Chomat Yerushalayim, that its repairs had gone ahead, and that the gaps began to be closed up, then they were very angry,
Nehemiah 6:1Now it came to pass when Sanvalat, and Toviyah, and Geshem the Arab, and the rest of oyveinu (our enemies), heard that I had rebuilt HaChomah, and that there was no peretz (gap) left therein (though at that time I had not set up the dalatot in the she'arim),
Nehemiah 13:4And before this, Elyashiv the Kohen, having the oversight of the storeroom of the Beis Eloheinu, was allied unto Toviyah;
Psalms 112:10The rasha shall see it, and be incensed; 1 he shall gnash his teeth, and waste away; 1 the ta'avot resha'im (desire of the wicked ones) shall come to nothing.
Proverbs 27:4Chemah (anger) is cruel, and fury is a torrent, 1 but who is able to stand before kinah (jealousy, envy)? 1
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 →