Nehemiah 2:9-10

Common English Bible

Inspecting Jerusalem

⁹ So I went to the governors of the province^[a] Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. The king had sent officers of the army and cavalry with me.

¹⁰ When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard this, they were very angry that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.