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Nehemiah 4

Neh. 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But it came to pass, thatd when Sanballat
Canballat (Hebrew #5571)
Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
KJV usage: Sanballat.
Pronounce: san-bal-lat'
Origin: of foreign origin
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
that we builded
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
, he was wroth
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
, and took great
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
e indignation
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
, andf mocked
la`ag (Hebrew #3932)
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV usage: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
Pronounce: law-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
the Jews
Yhuwdiy (Hebrew #3064)
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
KJV usage: Jew.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-dee'
Origin: patronymically from 3063
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Neh. 2:10,19• 10And 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.
 19And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Neh. 2:10,19)
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Acts 5:17• 17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath, (Acts 5:17)
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Heb. 11:36• 36and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment. (Heb. 11:36)

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Jew,
Sanballat,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prays and continues the work.
7-12:  Understanding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, he sets a watch.
13-18:  He arms the labourers;
19-23:  and gives military precepts.
Sanballat.
Neh. 2:10,19• 10And 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.
 19And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Neh. 2:10,19)
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Ezra 4:1‑5• 1And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah the God of Israel;
 2and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.
 3But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.
 4And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
 5and they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. (Ezra 4:1‑5)
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Acts 5:17• 17And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath, (Acts 5:17)
mocked.
Psa. 35:15‑16• 15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
 16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me. (Psa. 35:15‑16)
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Psa. 44:13‑14• 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
 14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. (Psa. 44:13‑14)
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Matt. 27:29• 29and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! (Matt. 27:29)
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Heb. 11:36• 36and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment. (Heb. 11:36)
• At the first he was grieved, and then he mocked; now he gathers his militia to oppose the work. (“Trouble - Neh. 4:1-5” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was angry and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.