Though Tobiah is called the servant or slave (Nehemiah 2:10, 19), and was perhaps a bought slave of Sanballat’s, yet …

A supplementary account is here introduced, explaining the intrigues within Jerusalem to which reference has been made.

For there were many in Judah sworn unto him
To Tobiah, who not only in a private manner corresponded with him by let…

The wall was begun and finished in fifty-two days, though they rested on the Sabbaths. A great deal of work may be done in a little time, if we set…