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When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
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Verse 10. Horonite, a native, not ( Calmet.) a petty king (Grot.) of Horonaim, in the country of Moab. Jeremiah 48:3. He must have been very old, if he lived till the temple was built at Garizim: (Josephus and Scaliger) but Petau supposes that there were two of the name.—Servant; an officer appointed over the Samaritans, as well as Sanaballat. The Persian monarchs styled all their subjects servants or slaves. Calmet.—Grieved. Thus unbelievers repine when any one endeavours to propagate the truth, ( Bible.) or to establish the Church. Worthington.
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