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Nehemiah 2:19 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 2 · verse 19
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?Nehemiah 2:19 · King James Version
Nehemiah 2:19 in context
17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
19But 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?
20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SanballatÇanballaṭSanballat, a Persian satrap of SamariaH5571 →
- HoroniteChôrônîya Choronite or inhabitant of ChoronaimH2772 →
- AmmoniteʻAmmôwnîyan Ammonite or AmmonitishH5984 →
- despisedbâzâhto disesteemH959 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- ArabianʻĂrâbîyan Arabian or inhabitant of ArabH6163 →
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We are here told, I. Now Nehemiah was dismissed by the court he was sent from. The king appointed captains of the army and horsemen to go with him (Neh 2:9), both for his guard and to show that he was a man whom the king did delight to honour, that all the king's servants might respect him accordingly.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-20