산발랏(Sanballat) 은
Horon 사람으로
Nehemiah (Governor) 이 예루살렘 성벽을 재건할 때에 방해한 대적자 중 하나이다.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel .
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”
결국 성벽 재건 공사자가 시작되자 이들은 히브리 백성들을 위협하여 공사를 중단시키려 하였다.
But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
But when Sanballat , Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, they were very angry;
그럼에도 느헤미야가 성벽재건을 멈추지 않자, 이들은 느헤미야를 직접 공격하기로 마음먹었다.
그래서 그를 유인해서 해치려고도 하고, 거짓된 소문을 퍼트려 율법을 어기게 하려고도 하는 등 갖가지 계략을 꾸민다.
1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat , Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates)
2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come! Let’s meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono .” But they intended to harm me.
5 Then Sanballat sent his servant to me the same way the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
6 in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
12 I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
14 “Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”
그럼에도 계속해서 이들이 활개칠 수 있었던 것은 그들이 히브리 백성들 사이에 영향력을 미치고 있었다.
특히
Eliashib (High Priest in the Time of Nehemiah) 같은 자는 또다른 대적자
Tobiah (the Ammonite) 을 무려 성전 안에 특별한 방을 내어줄 정도로 특별대우했을 뿐아니라 이 산발랏을 집안의 사위로 맞아들이기까지 하였다.
and I came to Jerusalem , and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
28 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.
29 Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.