Nehemiah 4:1
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
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Gill's Exposition
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall,.... Or were building it; for as yet it was not finished, see Neh 4:6,
he was wroth, and took great indignation; inwardly,…
Here is, I. The spiteful scornful reflection which Sanballat and Tobiah cast upon the Jews for their attempt to build the wall about Jerusalem. The country rang of it presently; intelligence was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Neh 4:1-23. The Opposition to the Work. (a) 1 6. The ridicule of the Samaritans. (b) 7 23. The menaces of the foe, and the precautions taken by Nehemiah
1. The IVth Chapter in ordinary editions of the…
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