United in mocking

  United in mocking👬

Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”

Nehemiah 4:3

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Sanballat and Tobiah join hands in mocking Nehemiah and the Israelites.

🔺Sanballat, called a Horonite, was probably from Horonaim, a city of Moab.

🔺Tobiah the Ammonite was governing an area east of the Jordan River.

They are from different tribes but they come together to stand against Nehemiah!

" Those who disagree in almost every thing, will unite in persecution"

-Matthew Henry

❓🦊Why are foxes mentioned?

He mentions foxes because they were very numerous in those parts, and because in the late desolation of Jerusalem, the foxes did frequent the mount and city of Zion.

🦊for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,

with jackals prowling over it.

Lamentations 5:18🦊

Two features of the wall mocked at:

Height : It is so low that a fox can easily ascend to the top of it

Strength: It is so weak, and built so hastily and carelessly, that the least weight or thrust will tumble it down. 👬