But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up , and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians,.... Who were under and influenced by Geshem the Arabian:
and the Ammonites; over whom Tobiah was governor:
and the…
Barnes' Notes
The Arabians ... - Probably a band, composed largely of Arabians, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, which Sanballat maintained as a guard to his person, and which formed a portion of “the army of Samaria”…
Adam Clarke
The walls of Jerusalem were made up - That is, they were made up to the half height of the wall; for the preceding verse seems to intimate that the whole wall was thus far built; not half of the wall…
We have here,
I. The conspiracy which the Jews' enemies formed against them, to stay the building by slaying the builders. The conspirators were not only Sanballat and Tobiah, but other neighbouring…
Cambridge Bible
In most editions of the Hebrew Bible, this is the 1st verse of the ivth Chapter.
Sanballat … Ashdodites Here we have a complete list of the foes of Jerusalem. See notes on Neh 2:10; Neh 2:19. The…
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