Horonites חֹרֹנִי

Nehemiah's opponents. The Horonites were a people group who opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

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Also called Horonite.

Where Horonites appears

Nehemiah (3)

Key verses

• Nehemiah 2:10 first mention — When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
• Nehemiah 2:19 — 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 13:28 — And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.