<p class="bodytext">In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.

I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.p>

<p class="bodytext">But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms<n id="1" /> of the temple of our God.

I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah&#8217;s household possessions out of the storeroom.

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official<n id="1" /> heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, &#8220;If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs &#8211; also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me!p>

They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said.<n id="1" /> Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare<n id="2" /> me.p>

and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

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),