Neh 2:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. Sanballat the Horonite-- Horonaim being a town in Moab, this person, it is probable, was a Moabite. Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite-- The term used indicates him to have been a freed slave, elevated to some official dignity. These were district magistrates under the government of the satrap of Syria; and they seem to have been leaders of the Samaritan faction.

‏ Nehemiah 2:10

10. Sanballat the Horonite--Horonaim being a town in Moab, this person, it is probable, was a Moabite.

Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite--The term used indicates him to have been a freed slave, elevated to some official dignity. These were district magistrates under the government of the satrap of Syria; and they seem to have been leaders of the Samaritan faction.