# Sanballat ... Tobiah

These are the names of men. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 2:10](./10.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Geshem

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# What are you doing? Are you rebelling against the king?

These rhetorical questions are used to mock Nehemiah. These can be written as statements. Alternate translation: "You are acting foolishly! You should not be rebelling against the king!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# the king

This refers to Artaxerses, the king of Persia.