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Nehemiah 4:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When Sanballat  heard that we were rebuilding the wall,  he became furious. He mocked the Jews

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Others experienced mocking and scourging, as well as bonds and imprisonment.


When Sanballat the Horonite  and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard that someone had come to pursue the prosperity of the Israelites, they were greatly displeased.


Then the high priest rose up. He and all who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.


When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official,  and Geshem the Arab  heard about this, they mocked and despised us, and said, ‘What is this you’re doing? Are you rebelling against the king? ’


They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: ‘Hail, king of the Jews! ’


Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.


The wall was completed  in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul.


When all our enemies  heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated  and lost their confidence,  for they realised that this task had been accomplished by our God.


Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of the high priest Eliashib,  had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite.  So I drove him away from me.


But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, ‘I am worried about the Judeans who have defected to the Chaldeans. They may hand me over to the Judeans to abuse me.’





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