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Nehemiah 2:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
Nehemiah 2:9-11
EasyEnglish Bible
9 The king sent officers of his army to keep me safe on the journey. He also sent soldiers who rode on horses. I went to the king's officers on the west side of the Euphrates river. I gave them the letters which the king had written. 10 But two important men were not happy when they heard that I had come to help the Israelite people. They were Sanballat, who came from Horon, and Tobiah, an Ammonite officer.[a]
Nehemiah looks at Jerusalem's walls
11 I arrived in Jerusalem city. After three days,
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- 2:10 Sanballat and Tobiah thought that they might lose their authority over Jerusalem's people. They did not want the Jews to make the city strong again.
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