¹⁰ When ^(A)Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite ^[a]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

Work Is Ridiculed

4 ^[a]Now it came about that when ^(A)Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews.

^7 [a]Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the ^[b]repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry.