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Nehemiah 2

Neh. 2:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When Sanballat
Canballat (Hebrew #5571)
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
KJV usage: Sanballat.
Pronounce: san-bal-lat'
Origin: of foreign origin
the Horonite
Choroniy (Hebrew #2772)
a Choronite or inhabitant of Choronaim
KJV usage: Horonite.
Pronounce: kho-ro-nee'
Origin: patrial from 2773
, and Tobiah
Towbiyah (Hebrew #2900)
from 2896 and 3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
KJV usage: Tobiah, Tobijah.
Pronounce: to-bee-yaw'
Origin: or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}
the servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
, the Ammonite
`Ammowniy (Hebrew #5984)
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
KJV usage: Ammonite(-s).
Pronounce: am-mo-nee'
Origin: patronymically from 5983
, heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
of it, it grieved
yara` (Hebrew #3415)
properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
KJV usage: be grevious (only Isa. 15:4; the rest belong to 7489).
Pronounce: yaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
u them exceedingly
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
that there was come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
to seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
the welfare
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Psa. 112:10• 10A wicked (man) shall see and be vexed;{HR}He shall gnash his teeth and melt away:{HR}The desire of wicked (men) shall perish. (Psa. 112:10)
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Ezek. 25:6‑8• 6For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
 7behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
 8Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; (Ezek. 25:6‑8)

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Horonite,
Israel,
Sanballat,
Servant,
Tobiah

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Ministry on This Verse

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Sanballat.
Neh. 2:19• 19But when Sanballat, the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem, the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, {i}and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?{/i} (Neh. 2:19)
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Neh. 4:1‑3,7• 1But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
 2And 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{i}And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said,{/i} Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
 7{i}And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,{/i} (Neh. 4:1‑3,7)
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Neh. 6:1• 1{i}And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),{/i} (Neh. 6:1)
Horonite.
Isa. 15:5• 5My heart crieth out for Moab; their nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. (Isa. 15:5)
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Jer. 48:5,34• 5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. (Jer. 48:5,34)
the servant.
Prov. 30:22• 22{i}Under a servant when he reigneth,{HR}And a churl when he is filled with meat;{HR}{/i} (Prov. 30:22)
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Eccl. 10:7• 7I have seen slaves upon horses,{HR}And princes walking as slaves upon the earth. (Eccl. 10:7)
the Ammonite.
Neh. 13:1• 1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God forever; (Neh. 13:1)
it grieved.
Num. 22:3‑4• 3{i}And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.{/i}
 4{i}And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this company lick up all that is round about us, as an ox licks up the green herb of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.{/i} (Num. 22:3‑4)
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Psa. 112:10• 10A wicked (man) shall see and be vexed;{HR}He shall gnash his teeth and melt away:{HR}The desire of wicked (men) shall perish. (Psa. 112:10)
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Psa. 122:6‑9• 6Pray for Jerusalem's peace:{HR}May they prosper that love thee.
 7Peace be within thy bulwark,{HR}Prosperity within thy palaces.
 8For my brethren and companions' sake,{HR}Let me now speak, Peace [be] within thee.
 9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God,{HR}I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:6‑9)
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Prov. 27:4• 4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger outrageous;{HR}But who [is] able to stand before jealousy? (Prov. 27:4)
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Ezek. 25:6‑8• 6For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
 7behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
 8Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; (Ezek. 25:6‑8)
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Mic. 7:9‑10,16‑17• 9{i}I will bear the indignation of Jehovah—for I have sinned against him—until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.{/i}
 10{i}And mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.{/i}
 16{i}—{/i}The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
 17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of Jehovah our God, and shall fear because of thee. (Mic. 7:9‑10,16‑17)
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Acts 4:2• 2being distressed because of their teaching the people, and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from [the] dead; (Acts 4:2)
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Acts 5:24• 24And when both [the priest and] the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were utterly perplexed about them whereto this would come. (Acts 5:24)
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Acts 19:26‑27• 26And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands.
 27Now, not only is there danger for us that this trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that even she should be deposed from her magnificence, whom all Asia and the world revereth. (Acts 19:26‑27)
there was come.
Ezra 4:4‑23• 4{i}And the people of the land{/i} weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
 5and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even unto the reign of Darius king of Persia.
 6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
 7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath {i}Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic, and interpreted in Aramaic.{/i}
 8{i}Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king after this sort:{/i}
 9{i}Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,{/i}
 10{i}and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest of the country on this side the river, and so forth.{/i}
 11{i}This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men on this side the river, and so forth.{/i}
 12{i}Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and they complete the walls and join up the foundations.{/i}
 13{i}Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they will not pay tribute, tax, and toll, and in the end it will bring damage to the kings.{/i}
 14{i}Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;{/i}
 15{i}that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the annals and know that this city is a rebellious city, which has done damage to kings and provinces, and that they have raised sedition within the same of old time, for which cause this city was destroyed.{/i}
 16{i}We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.{/i}
 17{i}The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and the other places beyond the river: Peace, and so forth.{/i}
 18{i}The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.{/i}
 19{i}And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has made insurrection against the kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been raised therein.{/i}
 20{i}And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribute, tax, and toll were paid to them.{/i}
 21{i}Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;{/i}
 22{i}and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?{/i}
 23{i}As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.{/i} (Ezra 4:4‑23)
• While it is possible that Sanballat was a Moabite, it is far more probable that he was a Samaritan governor {Neh. 4:1-2; Neh. 6:18}. As such, he was a pretender to Judaism. (“Sanballat the Horonite - Neh. 2:10” by N. Simon)
• But the moment a man of God appears on the scene, and seeks to recall them to the claims of God and His truth, Satan is roused to active enmity. Not that this is always avowed. As in the case before us, his servants are only "grieved"—grieved, of course, that the peace, the peace between Israel and their enemies, should be disturbed. For the faithful ones in the midst of God's people, like Elijah of old, are ever regarded as the troublers of Israel—troublers because they stand for God in the midst of evil. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when Sanballat the Horonitea, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

JND Translation Notes

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According to some, "of Beth-Horon," Josh. 16.3,5; according to others, "of Horonaim in Moab," Isa. 15.5

W. Kelly Translation

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And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there had come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)