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

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 2:19 Lit servant

19 But when Sanballat(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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We have become a (A)disgrace before our neighbors,
An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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