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19 When they heard about this, Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab[a] mocked and ridiculed us. “What are you doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:19 Geshem the Arab: see also 6:1–2; in 6:6 the name occurs as Gashmu. He is known from a contemporary inscription as ruler of the Kedarite Arabs, who were threatening Judah from the south and east.

19 But when Sanballat(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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