Nehemiah 1:2

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 

Nehemiah 4:10

4:10 Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers ⁴  has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ⁵  in Jerusalem ⁶  on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” ⁷ 

Nehemiah 6:17

6:17 In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.

Nehemiah 7:6

7:6 These are the people ⁸  of the province who returned ⁹  from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. ¹⁰  They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.

Nehemiah 11:25

11:25 As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, ¹¹  in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements,

Nehemiah 12:31

12:31 I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed ¹²  on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 12:36

12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of ¹³  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) ¹⁴ 

Nehemiah 13:17

13:17 So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

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 “burden-bearers.”

⁷ tn Heb “call.”

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⁹ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the sons of”; KJV, ASV “the children of”; NAB “the inhabitants of.”

¹¹ tn Heb “who were going up.”

¹² tc One medieval Hebrew manuscript has “to Babylon.” Cf. Ezra 2:1.

¹³ tn Heb “its daughters.” So also in vv. 27, 28, 30, and 31.

¹⁶ tc The translation reads וְהָאַחַת הֹלֶכֶת (vÿha’akhat holekhet, “and one was proceeding”) rather than the MT reading וְתַהֲלֻכֹת (vÿtahalukhot, “and processions”).

¹⁹ tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.

²⁰ tn Heb “was before them.”