This is the name of Sanballat: Governor of Samaria, opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Definition
of foreign origin; Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria
Traditional renderings: Sanballat.
Traditional renderings: Sanballat.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
10 total
- Nehemiah 2:10סַנְבַלַּ֣ט · But when SanballatBut when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
- Nehemiah 2:19סַנְבַלַּ֨ט · But when SanballatBut when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
- Nehemiah 4:1סַנְבַלַּ֗ט · SanballatNow when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Nehemiah 4:7סַנְבַלַּ֡ט · SanballatWhen Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
- Nehemiah 6:1לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט · SanballatWhen Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
- Nehemiah 6:2סַנְבַלַּ֤ט · SanballatSanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
- Nehemiah 6:5סַנְבַלַּ֜ט · SanballatThe fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
- Nehemiah 6:12וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט · and SanballatI realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
- Nehemiah 6:14וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט · and SanballatO my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
- Nehemiah 13:28לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט · to SanballatEven one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.