Nehemiah 2:10

Sanballat and Tobiah are deeply displeased that someone has come to seek Israel's welfare. Opposition to God's work arises as soon as restoration begins.

Cross-references · 22

• Neh 4:7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
• Neh 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
• Prov 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
• Neh 6:1When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
• Acts 19:26–27And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
• Ezek 25:6–8For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
• Neh 13:4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
• Num 22:3–4and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
• Ps 122:6–9Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
• Ps 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
• Neh 4:1–3Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
• Acts 5:24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
• Isa 15:5My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
• Prov 30:22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
• Neh 13:1At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
• Jer 48:5For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
• Eccl 10:7I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
• Jer 48:34There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
• Mic 7:9–10Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
• Ezra 4:4–23Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
• Acts 4:2greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
• Mic 7:16–17Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

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