Nehemiah 4:7

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;

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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

6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

8and they all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion amongst us.

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Cross References

Judges 10:7The LORD’s anger burnt against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the children of Ammon.

1 Samuel 5:1Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

2 Samuel 10:1After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Ezra 4:4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.

Nehemiah 2:10When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children 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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