Nehemiah 1:2-3

1:2 Hanani, who was one of my relatives, ¹  along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, ²  and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. ³ 

1:3 They said to me, “The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable ⁴  adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!” ⁵ 

Nehemiah 4:22

4:22 At that time I instructed ⁶  the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day.

Nehemiah 7:2

7:2 I then put in charge over Jerusalem ⁷  my brother Hanani and Hananiah ⁸  the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

Nehemiah 12:27

The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated

12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, ⁹  they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived ¹⁰  to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

² tn The Hebrew text does not include the words “to me”; these words were supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

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⁴ tn Heb “great.”

⁵ tn Heb “have been burned with fire” (so also in Neh 2:17). The expression “burned with fire” is redundant in contemporary English; the translation uses “burned down” for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “said [to].”

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¹¹ tn Some have suggested that “Hananiah” is another name for Hanani, Nehemiah’s brother, so that only one individual is mentioned here. However, the third person plural in v. 3 indicates two people are in view.

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¹⁴ tn Heb “from all their places.” The words “they lived” are implied.