But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this,<n id="1" /> they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, &#8220;What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext"><v id="(4:1)" /><n id="1" /> When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem<n id="2" /> had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry.

<t /><p class="bodytext">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),