Nehemiah 6:1 - Commentary

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Text -- Nehemiah 6:1 (NET)

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Opposition to the Rebuilding Efforts Continues

6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Arab the entire region of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, the land of Edom, and all the land between the Jordan Valley and the Euphrates River (ZD).,a region of desert plains

· Geshem head of the Arab federation of Kedar who opposed Nehemiah (OS)

· Sanballat a man who was an enemy of Nehemiah

· Tobiah head of a clan of returnees lacking proof of being Israelites,the Ammonite servant who helped Sanballat oppose Nehemiah