10 When (A)Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite [a]official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

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  1. Nehemiah 2:10 Lit servant

For Mordecai the Jew was (A)second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, (B)one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.

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