the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard. And it grieved them very much that there had come a man to seek the good of the sons of Israel.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us. And they said, What is this that you do? Will you rebel against the king?

And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox goes up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

And it happened, when Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem had gone up, and that the breaks were being filled, they were very angry.

And it happened, when Sanballat, and Tobiah and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no break left in it (though at that time I had not set the doors on the gates),

And, behold, I understood that God had not sent him, but that he said this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

My God, think upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.

And in those days the nobles of Judah were increasing their letters going to Tobiah; and Tobiah's came to them.

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and told my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.

The sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

And before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over the rooms of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah.

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil which Eliashib did for Tobiah in preparing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

And it grieved me very much. And I threw all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.