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Sanballat...Tobiah...and Geshem
These are the names of men who resisted the effort to rebuild the walls and the gates. See Nehemiah 2:9. (See rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Sanballat the Horonite
The Horonites were a people group. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)
Are you rebelling against the king?
The word "king" refers to Artaxerses, the King of Persia.
We are his servants and we will arise and build
AT: "We his servants will begin rebuilding."
But you have no share, no right, and no historic claim in Jerusalem
AT: “But you have no share, right, or religious claim in Jerusalem.”