10:14 The leaders 1 of the people were as follows:
Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
1 tn Heb “heads”; ASV “chiefs.”
2 tc The MT lacks the phrase אַחֲרָיו הֶחֱזִיק (’akharayv hekheziq, “after him worked”). This phrase is used repeatedly in Neh 3:16-31 to introduce each worker and his location. It probably dropped out accidentally through haplography.
3 tn Heb “house of the king.”