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Sanballat ... Tobiah

These are the names of men. See how you translated this in Nehemiah 2:9-10. (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.