Nehemiah 2:10

2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official ¹  heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

Nehemiah 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ²  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ³ 

¹ tn Heb “servant” (so KJV, ASV; NAB “slave”; NCV “officer.” This phrase also occurs in v. 19.

² tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

³ tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”