Verse 7

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat,{H5571} and Tobiah,{H2900} and the Arabians,{H6163} and the Ammonites,{H5984} and the Ashdodites,{H796} heard{H8085} that the repairing of the walls{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} went forward,{H724} [and] that the breaches{H6555} began{H2490} to be stopped,{H5640} then they were very{H3966} wroth;{H2734}

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:1 : 1 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat{H5571} heard{H8085} that we were building{H1129} the wall,{H2346} he was wroth,{H2734} and took great{H7235} indignation,{H3707} and mocked{H3932} the Jews.{H3064}
  • Neh 2:10 : 10 And when Sanballat{H5571} the Horonite,{H2772} and Tobiah{H2900} the servant,{H5650} the Ammonite,{H5984} heard{H8085} of it, it grieved{H3415} them exceedingly,{H7451} for that there was come{H935} a man{H120} to seek{H1245} the welfare{H2896} of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
  • Amos 1:13 : 13 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up{H1234} the women with child{H2030} of Gilead,{H1568} that they may enlarge{H7337} their border.{H1366}
  • Acts 4:17-18 : 17 But{G235} that{G2443} it spread{G1268} no{G3361} further{G4119} {G1909} among{G1519} the people,{G2992} let us{G546} {G547} threaten{G546} them,{G846} that they speak{G2980} henceforth{G3371} to no{G3367} man{G444} in{G1909} this{G5129} name.{G3686} 18 And{G2532} they called{G2564} them,{G846} and{G2532} charged{G3853} them{G846} not{G3361} to speak{G5350} at all{G2527} nor{G3366} teach{G1321} in{G1909} the name{G3686} of Jesus.{G2424}
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 And{G2532} the dragon{G1404} waxed wroth{G3710} with{G1909} the woman,{G1135} and{G2532} went{G565} away to make{G4160} war{G4171} with{G3326} the rest{G3062} of her{G846} seed,{G4690} that{G3588} keep{G5083} the commandments{G1785} of God,{G2316} and{G2532} hold{G2192} the testimony{G3141} of {G5547} Jesus:{G2424}
  • Acts 5:33 : 33 But they, when{G1161} they heard{G191} this, were cut{G1282} to the heart, and{G2532} minded{G1011} to slay{G337} them.{G846}
  • Rev 12:12-13 : 12 Therefore{G1223} {G5124} rejoice,{G2165} O heavens,{G3772} and{G2532} ye{G3588} that dwell{G4637} in{G1722} them.{G846} Woe{G3759} for the {G2730} earth{G1093} and{G2532} for the sea:{G2281} because{G3754} the devil{G1228} is gone down{G2597} unto{G4314} you,{G5209} having{G2192} great{G3173} wrath,{G2372} knowing{G1492} that{G3754} he hath{G2192} but a short{G3641} time.{G2540} 13 And{G2532} when{G3753} the dragon{G1404} saw{G1492} that{G3754} he was cast{G906} down{G1519} to the earth,{G1093} he persecuted{G1377}the woman{G1135} that{G3748} brought forth{G5088} the man{G730} child.
  • Amos 3:9 : 9 Publish{H8085} ye in the palaces{H759} at Ashdod,{H795} and in the palaces{H759} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} and say,{H559} Assemble{H622} yourselves upon the mountains{H2022} of Samaria,{H8111} and behold{H7200} what great{H7227} tumults{H4103} are therein,{H7130} and what oppressions{H6217} in the midst{H7130} thereof.
  • Zech 9:5-6 : 5 Ashkelon{H831} shall see{H7200} it, and fear;{H3372} Gaza{H5804} also, and shall be sore{H3966} pained;{H2342} and Ekron,{H6138} for her expectation{H4007} shall be put to shame;{H3001} and the king{H4428} shall perish{H6} from Gaza,{H5804} and Ashkelon{H831} shall not be inhabited.{H3427} 6 And a bastard{H4464} shall dwell{H3427} in Ashdod,{H795} and I will cut off{H3772} the pride{H1347} of the Philistines.{H6430}
  • Neh 2:19 : 19 But when Sanballat{H5571} the Horonite,{H2772} and Tobiah{H2900} the servant,{H5650} the Ammonite,{H5984} and Geshem{H1654} the Arabian,{H6163} heard{H8085} it, they laughed us to scorn,{H3932} and despised{H959} us, and said,{H559} What is this thing{H1697} that ye do?{H6213} will ye rebel{H4775} against the king?{H4428}
  • Neh 13:23-24 : 23 In those days{H3117} also saw{H7200} I the Jews{H3064} that had married{H3427} women{H802} of Ashdod,{H796} of Ammon,{H5984} [and] of Moab:{H4125} 24 and their children{H1121} spake{H1696} half{H2677} in the speech of Ashdod,{H797} and could{H5234} not speak{H1696} in the Jews' language,{H3066} but according to the language{H3956} of each{H5971} people.{H5971}
  • Jer 25:20 : 20 and all the mingled{H6153} people, and all the kings{H4428} of the land{H776} of the Uz,{H5780} and all the kings{H4428} of the{H776} Philistines,{H6430} and Ashkelon,{H831} and Gaza,{H5804} and Ekron,{H6138} and the remnant{H7611} of Ashdod;{H795}
  • Ezek 25:3-7 : 3 and say{H559} unto the children of Ammon,{H1121} Hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H136} Because thou saidst,{H559} Aha,{H1889} against my sanctuary,{H4720} when it was profaned;{H2490} and against the land{H127} of Israel,{H3478} when it was made desolate;{H8074} and against the house{H1004} of Judah,{H3063} when they went{H1980} into captivity:{H1473} 4 therefore, behold, I will deliver{H5414} thee to the children{H1121} of the east{H6924} for a possession,{H4181} and they shall set{H3427} their encampments{H2918} in thee, and make{H5414} their dwellings{H4908} in thee; they shall eat{H398} thy fruit,{H6529} and they shall drink{H8354} thy milk.{H2461} 5 And I will make{H5414} Rabbah{H7237} a stable{H5116} for camels,{H1581} and the children of Ammon{H1121} a couching-place{H4769} for flocks:{H6629} and ye shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068} 6 For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Because thou hast clapped{H4222} thy hands,{H3027} and stamped{H7554} with the feet,{H7272} and rejoiced{H8055} with all the despite{H7589} of thy soul{H5315} against the land{H127} of Israel;{H3478} 7 therefore, behold, I have stretched out{H5186} my hand{H3027} upon thee, and will deliver{H5414} thee for a spoil{H957} to the nations;{H1471} and I will cut thee off{H3772} from the peoples,{H5971} and I will cause thee to perish{H6} out of the countries:{H776} I will destroy{H8045} thee; and thou shalt know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Amos 1:8 : 8 And I will cut off{H3772} the inhabitant{H3427} from Ashdod,{H795} and him that holdeth{H8551} the sceptre{H7626} from Ashkelon;{H831} and I will turn{H7725} my hand{H3027} against Ekron;{H6138} and the remnant{H7611} of the Philistines{H6430} shall perish,{H6} saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 and I will put{H7896} enmity{H342} between thee and the woman,{H802} and between thy seed{H2233} and her seed:{H2233} he shall bruise{H7779} thy head,{H7218} and thou shalt bruise{H7779} his heel.{H6119}
  • Judg 10:7-9 : 7 And the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against Israel,{H3478} and he sold{H4376} them into the hand{H3027} of the Philistines,{H6430} and into the hand{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 8 And they vexed{H7492} and oppressed{H7533} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that year:{H8141} eighteen{H8083} years{H8141} [oppressed they] all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} in the land{H776} of the Amorites,{H567} which is in Gilead.{H1568} 9 And the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} passed over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} to fight{H3898} also against Judah,{H3063} and against Benjamin,{H1144} and against the house{H1004} of Ephraim;{H669} so that Israel{H3478} was sore{H3966} distressed.{H3334} 10 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H2199} unto Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} We have sinned{H2398} against thee, even because we have forsaken{H5800} our God,{H430} and have served{H5647} the Baalim.{H1168} 11 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} [Did] not [I save you] from the Egyptians,{H4714} and from the Amorites,{H567} from the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and from the Philistines?{H6430} 12 The Sidonians{H6722} also, and the Amalekites,{H6002} and the Maonites,{H4584} did oppress{H3905} you; and ye cried{H6817} unto me, and I saved{H3467} you out of their hand.{H3027} 13 Yet ye have forsaken{H5800} me, and served{H5647} other{H312} gods:{H430} wherefore I will save{H3467} you no more.{H3254} 14 Go{H3212} and cry{H2199} unto the gods{H430} which ye have chosen;{H977} let them{H1992} save{H3467} you in the time{H6256} of your distress.{H6869} 15 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto Jehovah,{H3068} We have sinned:{H2398} do{H6213} thou unto us whatsoever seemeth{H5869} good{H2896} unto thee; only deliver{H5337} us, we pray thee, this day.{H3117} 16 And they put away{H5493} the foreign{H5236} gods{H430} from among{H7130} them, and served{H5647} Jehovah;{H3068} and his soul{H5315} was grieved{H7114} for the misery{H5999} of Israel.{H3478} 17 Then the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} were gathered together,{H6817} and encamped{H2583} in Gilead.{H1568} And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} assembled themselves together,{H622} and encamped{H2583} in Mizpah.{H4709} 18 And the people,{H5971} the princes{H8269} of Gilead,{H1568} said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} What man{H376} is he that will begin{H2490} to fight{H3898} against the children{H1121} of Ammon?{H5983} he shall be head{H7218} over all the inhabitants{H3427} of Gilead.{H1568}
  • Judg 11:12-40 : 12 And Jephthah{H3316} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} saying,{H559} What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come{H935} unto me to fight{H3898} against my land?{H776} 13 And the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} answered{H559} unto the messengers{H4397} of Jephthah,{H3316} Because Israel{H3478} took away{H3947} my land,{H776} when he came up{H5927} out of Egypt,{H4714} from the Arnon{H769} even unto the Jabbok,{H2999} and unto the Jordan:{H3383} now therefore restore those [lands] again{H7725} peaceably.{H7965} 14 And Jephthah{H3316} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} again{H3254} unto the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon;{H5983} 15 and he said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jephthah:{H3316} Israel{H3478} took not away{H3947} the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} nor the land{H776} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} 16 but when they came up{H5927} from Egypt,{H4714} and Israel{H3478} went{H3212} through the wilderness{H4057} unto the Red{H5488} Sea,{H3220} and came{H935} to Kadesh;{H6946} 17 then Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto the king{H4428} of Edom,{H123} saying,{H559} Let me, I pray thee, pass through{H5674} thy land;{H776} but the king{H4428} of Edom{H123} hearkened{H8085} not. And in like manner he sent{H7971} unto the king{H4428} of Moab;{H4124} but he would{H14} not: and Israel{H3478} abode{H3427} in Kadesh.{H6946} 18 Then they went through{H3212} the wilderness,{H4057} and went around{H5437} the land{H776} of Edom,{H123} and the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} and came{H935} by the east side{H4217} of the land{H776} of Moab,{H4124} and they encamped{H2583} on the other side{H5676} of the Arnon;{H769} but they came{H935} not within the border{H1366} of Moab,{H4124} for the Arnon{H769} was the border{H1366} of Moab.{H4124} 19 And Israel{H3478} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} unto Sihon{H5511} king{H4428} of the Amorites,{H567} the king{H4428} of Heshbon;{H2809} and Israel{H3478} said{H559} unto him, Let us pass,{H5674} we pray thee, through thy land{H776} unto{H5704} my place.{H4725} 20 But Sihon{H5511} trusted{H539} not Israel{H3478} to pass{H5674} through his border;{H1366} but Sihon{H5511} gathered{H622} all his people{H5971} together,{H622} and encamped{H2583} in Jahaz,{H3096} and fought{H3898} against Israel.{H3478} 21 And Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} delivered{H5414} Sihon{H5511} and all his people{H5971} into the hand{H3027} of Israel,{H3478} and they smote{H5221} them: so Israel{H3478} possessed{H3423} all the land{H776} of the Amorites,{H567} the inhabitants{H3427} of that country.{H776} 22 And they possessed{H3423} all the border{H1366} of the Amorites,{H567} from the Arnon{H769} even unto the Jabbok,{H2999} and from the wilderness{H4057} even unto the Jordan.{H3383} 23 So now Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} hath dispossessed{H3423} the Amorites{H567} from before{H6440} his people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and shouldest thou possess{H3423} them? 24 Wilt not thou possess{H3423} that which Chemosh{H3645} thy god{H430} giveth thee to possess?{H3423} So whomsoever Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} hath dispossessed{H3423} from before{H6440} us, them will we possess.{H3423} 25 And now art thou anything better{H2896} than Balak{H1111} the son{H1121} of Zippor,{H6834} king{H4428} of Moab?{H4124} did he ever{H7378} strive{H7378} against Israel,{H3478} or did he ever{H7378} fight{H3898} against them? 26 While Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} in Heshbon{H2809} and its towns,{H1323} and in Aroer{H6177} and its towns,{H1323} and in all the cities{H5892} that are along by the side{H3027} of the Arnon,{H769} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} years;{H8141} wherefore did ye not recover{H5337} them within that time?{H6256} 27 I therefore have not sinned{H2398} against thee, but thou doest{H6213} me wrong{H7451} to war{H3898} against me: Jehovah,{H3068} the Judge,{H8199} be judge{H8199} this day{H3117} between the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} and the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 28 Howbeit the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} hearkened{H8085} not unto the words{H1697} of Jephthah{H3316} which he sent{H7971} him. 29 Then the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} came upon Jephthah,{H3316} and he passed over{H5674} Gilead{H1568} and Manasseh,{H4519} and passed over{H5674} Mizpeh{H4708} of Gilead,{H1568} and from Mizpeh{H4708} of Gilead{H1568} he passed over{H5674} unto the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 30 And Jephthah{H3316} vowed{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} If thou wilt indeed{H5414} deliver{H5414} the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} into my hand,{H3027} 31 then it shall be, that whatsoever{H3318} cometh forth{H3318} from the doors{H1817} of my house{H1004} to meet{H7125} me, when I return{H7725} in peace{H7965} from the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} it shall be Jehovah's,{H3068} and I will offer it up{H5927} for a burnt-offering.{H5930} 32 So Jephthah{H3316} passed over{H5674} unto the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} to fight{H3898} against them; and Jehovah{H3068} delivered{H5414} them into his hand.{H3027} 33 And he smote{H5221} them from Aroer{H6177} until thou come{H935} to Minnith,{H4511} even twenty{H6242} cities,{H5892} and unto{H58} Abel-cheramim,{H3754} with a very{H3966} great{H1419} slaughter.{H4347} So the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} were subdued{H3665} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 34 And Jephthah{H3316} came{H935} to Mizpah{H4709} unto his house;{H1004} and, behold, his daughter{H1323} came out{H3318} to meet{H7125} him with timbrels{H8596} and with dances:{H4246} and she was his only child;{H3173} besides her he had neither son{H1121} nor{H176} daughter.{H1323} 35 And it came to pass, when he saw{H7200} her, that he rent{H7167} his clothes,{H899} and said,{H559} Alas,{H162} my daughter!{H1323} thou hast brought{H3766} me very{H3766} low,{H3766} and thou art one of them that trouble{H5916} me; for I have opened{H6475} my mouth{H6310} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and I cannot{H3201} go back.{H7725} 36 And she said{H559} unto him, My father,{H1} thou hast opened{H6475} thy mouth{H6310} unto Jehovah;{H3068} do{H6213} unto me according to that which{H834} hath proceeded{H3318} out of thy mouth,{H6310} forasmuch{H310} as Jehovah{H3068} hath taken{H6213} vengeance{H5360} for thee on thine enemies,{H341} even on the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 37 And she said{H559} unto her father,{H1} Let this thing{H1697} be done{H6213} for me: let me alone{H7503} two{H8147} months,{H2320} that I may depart{H3212} and go down{H3381} upon the mountains,{H2022} and bewail{H1058} my virginity,{H1331} I and my companions.{H7464} 38 And he said,{H559} Go.{H3212} And he sent her away{H7971} for two{H8147} months:{H2320} and she departed,{H3212} she and her companions,{H7464} and bewailed{H1058} her virginity{H1331} upon the mountains.{H2022} 39 And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of two{H8147} months,{H2320} that she returned{H7725} unto her father,{H1} who did{H6213} with her according to his vow{H5088} which he had vowed:{H5087} and she knew{H3045} not man.{H376} And it was a custom{H2706} in Israel,{H3478} 40 that the daughters{H1323} of Israel{H3478} went{H3212} yearly{H3117} to celebrate{H8567} the daughter{H1323} of Jephthah{H3316} the Gileadite{H1569} four{H702} days{H3117} in a year.{H8141}
  • 1 Sam 5:1-2 : 1 Now the Philistines{H6430} had taken{H3947} the ark{H727} of God,{H430} and they brought{H935} it from Eben-ezer{H72} unto Ashdod.{H795} 2 And the Philistines{H6430} took{H3947} the ark{H727} of God,{H430} and brought{H935} it into the house{H1004} of Dagon,{H1712} and set{H3322} it by{H681} Dagon.{H1712}
  • 1 Sam 11:2 : 2 And Nahash{H5176} the Ammonite{H5984} said{H559} unto them, On this{H2063} condition will I make{H3772} it with you, that all your right{H3225} eyes{H5869} be put out;{H5365} and I will lay{H7760} it for a reproach{H2781} upon all Israel.{H3478}
  • 2 Sam 10:1-5 : 1 And it came to pass after this,{H310} that the king{H4428} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} died,{H4191} and Hanun{H2586} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead. 2 And David{H1732} said,{H559} I will show{H6213} kindness{H2617} unto Hanun{H2586} the son{H1121} of Nahash,{H5176} as his father{H1} showed{H6213} kindness{H2617} unto me. So David{H1732} sent{H7971} by{H3027} his servants{H5650} to comfort{H5162} him concerning his father.{H1} And David's{H1732} servants{H5650} came{H935} into the land{H776} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 3 But the princes{H8269} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} said{H559} unto Hanun{H2586} their lord,{H113} Thinkest{H5869} thou that David{H1732} doth honor{H3513} thy father,{H1} in that he hath sent{H7971} comforters{H5162} unto thee? hath not David{H1732} sent{H7971} his servants{H5650} unto thee to{H5668} search{H2713} the city,{H5892} and to spy it out,{H7270} and to overthrow{H2015} it? 4 So Hanun{H2586} took{H3947} David's{H1732} servants,{H5650} and shaved off{H1548} the one half{H2677} of their beards,{H2206} and cut off{H3772} their garments{H4063} in the middle,{H2677} even to their buttocks,{H8357} and sent them away.{H7971} 5 When they told{H5046} it unto David,{H1732} he sent{H7971} to meet{H7125} them; for the men{H582} were greatly{H3966} ashamed.{H3637} And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Tarry{H3427} at Jericho{H3405} until your beards{H2206} be grown,{H6779} and then return.{H7725}
  • 2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 And Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} against him bands{H1416} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} and bands{H1416} of the Syrians,{H758} and bands{H1416} of the Moabites,{H4124} and bands{H1416} of the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and sent{H7971} them against Judah{H3063} to destroy{H6} it, according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} by{H3027} his servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030}
  • 2 Chr 20:1 : 1 And it came to pass after this,{H310} that the children{H1121} of Moab,{H4124} and the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and with them some of the Ammonites,{H5984} came{H935} against Jehoshaphat{H3092} to battle.{H4421}
  • 2 Chr 26:6-8 : 6 And he went forth{H3318} and warred{H3898} against the Philistines,{H6430} and brake down{H6555} the wall{H2346} of Gath,{H1661} and the wall{H2346} of Jabneh,{H2996} and the wall{H2346} of Ashdod;{H795} and he built{H1129} cities{H5892} in [the country of] Ashdod,{H795} and among the Philistines.{H6430} 7 And God{H430} helped{H5826} him against the Philistines,{H6430} and against the Arabians{H6163} that dwelt{H3427} in Gur-baal,{H1485} and the Meunim.{H4586} 8 And the Ammonites{H5984} gave{H5414} tribute{H4503} to Uzziah:{H5818} and his name{H8034} spread abroad{H3212} even to the entrance{H935} of Egypt;{H4714} for he waxed exceeding{H4605} strong.{H2388}
  • Ezra 4:4-9 : 4 Then the people{H5971} of the land{H776} weakened{H7503} the hands{H3027} of the people{H5971} of Judah,{H3063} and troubled{H926} them in building,{H1129} 5 and hired{H7936} counsellors{H3289} against them, to frustrate{H6565} their purpose,{H6098} all the days{H3117} of Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia,{H6539} even until the reign{H4438} of Darius{H1867} king{H4428} of Persia.{H6539} 6 And in the reign{H4438} of Ahasuerus,{H325} in the beginning{H8462} of his reign,{H4438} wrote{H3789} they an accusation{H7855} against the inhabitants{H3427} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem.{H3389} 7 And in the days{H3117} of Artaxerxes{H783} wrote{H3789} Bishlam,{H1312} Mithredath,{H4990} Tabeel,{H2870} and the rest{H7605} of his companions,{H3674} unto Artaxerxes{H783} king{H4428} of Persia;{H6539} and the writing{H3791} of the letter{H5406} was written{H3789} in the Syrian [character],{H762} and set forth{H8638} in the Syrian [tongue].{H762} 8 Rehum{H7348} the chancellor{H1169} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe{H5613} wrote{H3790} a{H2298} letter{H104} against{H5922} Jerusalem{H3390} to Artaxerxes{H783} the king{H4430} in this sort:{H3660} 9 then{H116} [wrote] Rehum{H7348} the chancellor,{H1169} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe,{H5613} and the rest{H7606} of their companions,{H3675} the Dinaites,{H1784} and the Apharsathchites,{H671} the Tarpelites,{H2967} the Apharsites,{H670} the Archevites,{H756} the Babylonians,{H896} the Shushanchites,{H7801} the Dehaites,{H1723} the Elamites,{H5962} 10 and the rest{H7606} of the nations{H524} whom{H1768} the great{H7229} and noble{H3358} Osnappar{H620} brought over,{H1541} and set{H3488} in the city{H7149} of Samaria,{H8115} and in the rest{H7606} [of the country] beyond{H5675} the River,{H5103} and so forth.{H3706} 11 This{H1836} is the copy{H6573} of the letter{H104} that{H1768} they sent{H7972} unto{H5922} Artaxerxes{H783} the king:{H4430} Thy servants{H5649} the men{H606} beyond{H5675} the River,{H5103} and so forth.{H3706} 12 Be it{H1934} known{H3046} unto the king,{H4430} that the Jews{H3062} that{H1768} came up{H5559} from{H4481} thee{H3890} are come{H858} to us{H5922} unto Jerusalem;{H3390} they are building{H1124} the rebellious{H4779} and the bad{H873} city,{H7149} and have finished{H3635} the walls,{H7792} and repaired{H2338} the foundations.{H787} 13 Be it known{H3046} now{H3705} unto the king,{H4430} that, if{H2006} this{H1791} city{H7149} be builded,{H1124} and the walls{H7792} finished,{H3635} they will not{H3809} pay{H5415} tribute,{H1093} custom,{H1983} or toll,{H4061} and in the end it will be hurtful{H5142} unto{H674} the kings.{H4430} 14 Now{H3705} because{H6903} we eat{H1768} the salt{H4415} of the palace,{H1965} and it is not{H3809} meet{H749} for us to see{H2370} the king's{H4430} dishonor,{H6173} therefore{H5922} have we sent{H7972} and certified{H3046} the king;{H4430} 15 that search{H1240} may be made in the book{H5609} of the records{H1799} of thy fathers:{H2} so shalt thou find{H7912} in the book{H5609} of the records,{H1799} and know{H3046} that this{H1791} city{H7149} is a rebellious{H4779} city,{H7149} and hurtful{H5142} unto kings{H4430} and provinces,{H4083} and that they have moved{H5648} sedition{H849} within the same{H1459} of{H4481} old{H5957} time;{H3118} for{H5922} which{H1836} cause was this{H1791} city{H7149} laid waste.{H2718} 16 We{H586} certify{H3046} the king{H4430} that, if{H2006} this{H1791} city{H7149} be builded,{H1124} and the walls{H7792} finished,{H3635} by this{H1836} means{H6903} thou shalt have{H383} no{H3809} portion{H2508} beyond{H5675} the River.{H5103}
  • Ezra 5:8 : 8 Be it known{H1934} unto the king,{H4430} that we went{H236} into the province{H4083} of Judah,{H3061} to the house{H1005} of the great{H7229} God,{H426} which is builded{H1124} with great{H1560} stones,{H69} and timber{H636} is laid{H7761} in the walls;{H3797} and this{H1791} work{H5673} goeth{H5648} on with diligence{H629} and prospereth{H6744} in their hands.{H3028}