⁹ Then I came to ^(A)the governors of the provinces beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now ^(B)the king had sent with me commanders of the military force and horsemen. ¹⁰ Then ^(C)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.