But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed at us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Arabian governor. He afterwards accuses Nehemias, chap. vi. 6. (Calmet)