And Sanballat the Horonite heard [it], and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man had come to seek good for the children of Israel.

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesham the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that you are doing? Are you revolting against the king?

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and [that] there were no breaks left in it; (though at that time I had not set up the doors on the gates)

And the son of Hadad sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for foxes to all the people, even my infantry.

And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive;

Now therefore, I urge you, make an agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you shall be able on your part to set riders upon them.