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Geshem גֶּ֫שֶׁם
Nehemiah's opponent. Geshem the Arab, along with Sanballat and Tobiah, opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem and tried to intimidate and discourage him.
Also called Gashmu.
Where Geshem appears
Nehemiah (4)
Key verses
- Nehemiah 2:19 first mention — But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
- Nehemiah 6:1 — Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
- Nehemiah 6:2 — That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
- Nehemiah 6:6 — Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.