For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
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Gill's Exposition
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him,.... To Tobiah, who not only in a private manner corresponded with him by letters, but bound themselves by an oath to him to be true to his interest, and do…
Barnes' Notes
Though Tobiah is called “the servant” or “slave” Neh 2:10, Neh 2:19, and was perhaps a bought slave of Sanballat’s, yet he was in such a position that Jewish nobles readily contracted affinity with…
Adam Clarke
He was the son-in-law of Shechaniah - Previously to the coming of Nehemiah, the Jews seemed to be fast intermixing with the heathen, by intermarriages with Ashdodites, Ammonites, and Moabites; see Neh…
Nehemiah is here finishing the wall of Jerusalem, and yet still has trouble created him by his enemies.
I. Tobiah, and the other adversaries of the Jews, had the mortification to see the wall built…
Cambridge Bible
sworn unto him, because hewas the son in law of, &c. -Sworn unto him." LXX. ἔνορκοι … αὐτῷ. It is implied that Tobiah's connexion by marriage ensured him the support of many leading Jews; the…