Cave of the Tobiads in Amman, Jordan
One of Sanballat's co-conspirators was Tobiah the Ammonite. In this picture is the burial cave of the Tobiads family in Amman, Jordan with the name "Toviah" inscribed on it.
Nehemiah 2:19
But when… Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this they mocked us and ridiculed us…
Cave of the Tobiads
Avi Wollman, via Wikimedia Commons
Map of the Ammonite sites
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But when… Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this (Nehemiah’s plan to reconstruct the Wall of Jerusalem), they mocked us and ridiculed us…
"וַיִּשְׁמַע֩ סַנְבַלַּ֨ט הַחֹֽרֹנִ֜י וְטֹֽבִיָּ֣ה הָעֶ֣בֶד הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֗י וְגֶ֨שֶׁם֙ הָֽעַרְבִ֔י (עַל תָּכְנִיתוֹ שֶׁל נְחֶמְיָה לִבְנוֹת מֵחָדָשׁ אֶת חוֹמַת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם) וַיַּלְעִ֣גוּ לָ֔נוּ וַיִּבְז֖וּ עָלֵ֑ינוּ..."
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