Nehemiah 2:10
But Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah a seruant an Ammonite heard it, and it grieued them sore, that there was come a man which sought the wealth of the children of Israel.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11So I came to Ierusalem, and was there three dayes.
Cross References
Ezra 4:4Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Iudah, and troubled them in buylding,
Nehemiah 4:1But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, then was he wroth and sore grieued, and mocked the Iewes,
Nehemiah 6:1And when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall, and that there were no more breaches therein, (though at that time I had not set vp the doores vpon the gates)
Nehemiah 13:4And before this had the Priest Eliashib the ouersight of the chamber of the house of our God, being kinsman to Tobiah:
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 27:4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
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 →