Nehemiah 2:18-20
Expanded Bible
18 I also told them how ·God had been kind to [the gracious hand of God had been on] me and what the king had said to me.
Then they answered, “Let’s start rebuilding.” So they ·began to work hard [L strengthened their hands for this good work].
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite officer, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they ·made fun of us and laughed at [mocked and ridiculed/jeered at] us. They said, “What are you doing? Are you ·turning [rebelling] against the king?”
20 But I answered them, “The God of heaven will ·give us success [prosper us]. We, his servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no share, claim, or ·memorial [historic/ancient right] in Jerusalem.”
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