Nehemiah 4:7

As the gaps close, a broader coalition of enemies—Sanballat, Tobiah, Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites—grows very angry. Progress provokes a wider and more dangerous opposition.

Cross-references · 25

• Neh 4:1Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
• Neh 2:10But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
• Amos 1:13This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
• Rev 12:17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
• Jer 25:20all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
• Acts 4:17–18But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
• Rev 12:12–13Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
• Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
• 2 Chr 26:6–8Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
• 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?”
• Judg 11:12–40Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
• 2 Sam 10:1–5Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
• Ezra 5:8Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
• Ezra 4:4–16Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
• Zech 9:5–6Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
• Amos 1:8I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
• Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
• 1 Sam 5:1–2After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
• Judg 10:7–18So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,
• Neh 13:23–24In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• Ezek 25:3–7Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
• 2 Kgs 24:2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
• 2 Chr 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
• 1 Sam 11:2But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
• Amos 3:9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

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