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I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king'swordswhich he had spoken to me. Then they said, "Let us arise and build." So they put their hands to the good work.
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But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammoniteofficial, and Geshem the Arabheard it, they mocked us and despised us and said, "What is thisthing you are doing? Are you rebellingagainst the king?"