Nehemiah 2:10
And, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it vexed them, with a great vexation,—that there had come a man, to seek welfare, for the sons of Israel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11So I entered Jerusalem,—and was there three days.
Cross References
Ezra 4:4Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah,—and troubling them in building;
Nehemiah 4:1But it came to pass, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, it angered him, and he was greatly displeased,—and mocked the Jews;
Nehemiah 6:1And it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah and to Geshem the Arabian and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and there was left therein no breach,—though, up to that time, the doors, had I not set up in the gates,
Nehemiah 13:4Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah;
Psalms 112:10The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.
Proverbs 27:4The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand 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 →