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Conspiracy against Nehemiah
The Conflict of Sanballat and Tobiah rises
Verses 1-14 bring this into light and we will further dive into what all of this means.
Nehemiah
After the distraction from the main theme here of rebuilding the wall, the main narrative continues and points us forward.
The conflict that had been steadily escalating reaches its climax, when the wall was virtually complete.
We were already aware that the wall had been constructed to go all the way around its perimeter, but only at half its completed height.
Here we see the final attempt of Sanballat to stop the work, and we see that it was threefold.
a. to harm - as we see in verses 2-4
b. to frighten - verses 5-9
c. and to discredit Nehemiah - verse 10-13
Lets address these verse by verse
verse 1 alerts us to the fact that Sanballat and Tobiah knew that Nehemiah had the wall built in its full perimeter.
1. verse 1 alerts us to the fact that Sanballat and Tobiah knew that Nehemiah had the wall built in its full perimeter.
Although he had not put up the gates yet, there was no breach left in it.
Who was Sanballat again?
Sanballat is a Babylonian name meaning “Sin gives life.”
2:10 Sanballat.
A Babylonian name meaning “Sin [the moon god] gives life.”
Sanballat and his descendants served for more than a century as the governors of Samaria, the area north of Judah.
He may have worshiped the God of Israel in some fashion (2 Kin.
17:24–41), since the names of his sons, Delaiah and Shelemiah, end with a short form of “Yahweh.”
“Horonite” may indicate that he came from Beth-Horon, about ten miles (16 km) northwest of Jerusalem or, less probably, from Horonaim in Moab.
Tobiah.
Probably the governor of Ammon, east of Judah, where his family remained influential for centuries.
His name means “the LORD is good,” indicating that he, too, may have worshiped the God of Israel (6:17, 18; 13:4).
His son Jehohanan (6:17, 18) also had a Yahwistic name and was married to the daughter of an influential Jewish leader (3:4, 30; 6:18).
Their religion was probably syncretistic.
Sanballat and his descendants served for more than a century as the governors of Samaria, which was the area north of Judah.
He may have worshiped the God of Israel in some fashion.
We see this in 2 Kings chapter 17, since the names of his sons, Delaiah, and Shelemiah, end with a short form of “Yahweh.”
“Horonite” may indicate that he came from Beth-Horon, which was about 10 miles northwest of Jerusalem.
He also could have been from Horonaim which was in Moab.
So, we do not know for sure.
Verse 2:
In verse two a plan conniving to do Nehemiah harm is unfolding.
In verse two a plan conniving to do Nehemiah harm is unfolding.
Sanballat and Geshem where attempting to have a meeting with Nehemiah.
They were wanting to meet in Ono, which was in the northwester corner of Judah, as far from the safety of Jerusalem as possible without leaving the country.
The phrase “to do me harm” in itself is kind of unresolving.
It could have been referring to murder (which verse 10 does note that some wanted to kill him)
It also could be a later allegation that Nehemiah’s trip to Ono is to enlist others in a revolt against persia,
Verse 3
Right here it is plainly obvious that the basic purpose of the plot was to halt the work on the wall.
Right here it is plainly obvious that the basic purpose of the plot was to halt the work on the wall.
He worded this response very diplomatically and indicates a determined refusal of their efforts.
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