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Nehemiah

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But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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Sanballat

Sanballat [N] [H] [S] held some place of authority in Samaria when Nehemiah went up to Jerusalem to rebuild its ruined walls. He vainly attempted to hinder this work ( Nehemiah 2:10Nehemiah 2:19 ;  4:1-12 ;  6 ). His daughter became the wife of one of the sons of Joiada, a son of the high priest, much to the grief of ( Nehemiah 13:28 ).    These dictionary topics are from... View Details

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American Standard Version But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
King James Bible But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Hebrew Greek English But when Sanballat the Horonite, Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arabian, Arab heard it, they laughed mocked us to scorn, and despised us, us and said, What "What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?king?"
New American Standard Bible 1995 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arabian, Arab heard it, they laughed mocked us to scorn, and despised us, us and said, What "What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?king?"