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But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Geshem the Arabian - The discovery that Sargon populated Samaria in part with an Arab colony explains why Arabs would have opposed the forti…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Geshem the Arabian. —This name completes the triumvirate of the leaders of the opposition to the mission of Nehemiah. They were no…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The enmity of the serpent's seed against the cause of Christ is confined to no age or nation. The application to ourselves is plain. The church of …

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