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Nehemiah 4:1 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 4 · verse 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.Nehemiah 4:1 · King James Version
Nehemiah 4:1 in context
1But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- indignationkaʻaçto troubleH3707 →
- SanballatÇanballaṭSanballat, a Persian satrap of SamariaH5571 →
- buildedbânâhto buildH1129 →
- mockedlâʻagto derideH3932 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- wrothchârâhto glow or grow warmH2734 →
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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 brought of it to Samaria, that nest of enemies to the Jews and their prosperity;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6