10 But when ^jSanballat the Horonite and ^kTobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.

Opposition to the Work

1 ¹ Now when ^qSanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.

7 ¹ But when ^qSanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and that the breaches were beginning to be closed, they were very angry.