Nehemiah 2:19

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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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Interpretation

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.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 2:17-20.

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Glossary

Tobiah Person: Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile ( Neh. 2:10 ).