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SANBALLAT

Leading political official of Samaria residing at Beth-horon in Ephraim. In a letter from Elephantine of Egypt, Sanballat was named as the governor of Samaria in 407 BC. Sanballat, along with Tobiah the Ammonite and Geshem the Arab, were adversaries of Nehemiah. They tried to prevent him from rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem during the postexilic period (Neh 2:10, 19 OET NEH 2:10 · OET NEH 2:19; 4:1, 7 OET NEH 4:1 · OET NEH 4:7; 6:1-14; 13:28). The Judean province probably had been included under Samaritan rule since its defeat by Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC. Nehemiah’s determination to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem was in essence an assertion of Judean independence from Sanballat and Samaritan control.

Show passage in OET: NEH 2:10; NEH 2:19

OET-RV NEH 2:10

10 When Sanvalat the Horoni and the servant Toviyah the Amoni heard my plans, they were very angry that someone would come to help the Israelis.

OET-RV NEH 2:19

19 But then Sanvalat the Horoni, and the Amoni servant Toviyah, and Geshem the Aravi heard, and they mocked and despised us, saying, “What are you guys all up to? Are you all rebelling against the king?”

OET-LV NEH 2:10

10 And_ Şanⱱallaţ the_Horonite and_Ţōⱱiy^yāh the_servant the_ˊAmmōnī _he/it _listened and_it _was _displeasing to/for_them displeasure great which/who someone he _had _come to_seek good for_the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

OET-LV NEH 2:19

19 And_he/it _listened Şanⱱallaţ the_Horonite and_Ţōⱱiy^yāh the_servant the_ˊAmmōnī and_Geshem the_ˊArāⱱī and_they _mocked to/for_us and_they _despised (on)_us and_they _said what is_the_thing the_this which you(pl) are_doing on the_king are_you(pl) rebelling.

Show passage in OET: NEH 4:1; NEH 4:7

OET-RV NEH 4:1

4 When Sanvalat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he got really angry. He mocked the Yehudim (Jews)

OET-RV NEH 4:7

7 Now when Sanvalat, and Toviyah, and the Aravim, and the Amonim, and the Ashdodim heard that the Yerushalem (Jerusalem) walls were getting repaired and the breaks were beginning to be closed up, it made them extremely angry

OET-LV NEH 3:33

33  And_he/it _was just_as Şanⱱallaţ he _heard if/because _that we were_rebuilding DOM the_wall and_it _glowed/burnt to_him/it and_he _was _angry greatly and_he _mocked (on) the_Yəhūdī/(Jews).

OET-LV NEH 4:1

4  And_he/it _was when_when Şanⱱallaţ and_Ţōⱱiy^yāh and_the_ˊArāⱱī and_the_ˊAmmōnī and_the_Ashdodites he _heard if/because _that the_repair of_the _walls _of of _Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) it _had _gone _up if/because _that the _broken_down_parts they _had _begun to_be _stopped _up and_it _glowed/burnt to/for_them exceedingly.

Show passage in OET: NEH 13:28

OET-RV NEH 13:28

28 Also one of Yoyada’s sons (grandson of the high priest Elyashiv) was a son-in-law of Sanvalat the Horoni, so I banished him from my sight.

OET-LV NEH 13:28

28 And_one_of _the _sons _of Yōyādāˊ/(Joiada) the _son _of ʼElyāshiyⱱ the_priest/officer (the)_great was_a _son-in-law of_Şanⱱallaţ the_Horonite and_I_drove _him _away from_with_me.

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