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

¹⁹ But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite ^[a]official and ^(A)Geshem the Arab heard it. And ^(B)they mocked us and despised us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? ^(C)Are you rebelling against the king?”

Sanballat and Tobiah Mock the Jews’ Work

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