Nehemiah 12:26

12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. 1 

Nehemiah 12:36

12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of 2  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) 3 

Nehemiah 8:9

8:9 Then Nehemiah the governor, 4  Ezra the priestly scribe, 5  and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, 6  “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

1 tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

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

3 tn Heb “was before them.”

3 tc The unexpected reference to Nehemiah here has led some scholars to suspect that the phrase “Nehemiah the governor” is a later addition to the text and not original.

4 tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

5 tn Heb “the people.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.