Nehemiah 12:39

12:39 over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, ¹  the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped ²  at the Gate of the Guard.

Nehemiah 12:2

12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

Nehemiah 1:1

A Prayer of Nehemiah

1:1 ³ These are the words of Nehemiah ⁴  son of Hacaliah:

It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, ⁵  I was in Susa ⁶  the citadel.

Zephaniah 1:10

1:10 On that day,” says the Lord,

“a loud cry will go up ⁷  from the Fish Gate, ⁸ 

wailing from the city’s newer district, ⁹ 

and a loud crash ¹⁰  from the hills.

¹ tn Or “the Old Gate” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “they stood.”

³ sn In ancient Judaism Ezra and Nehemiah were regarded as a single book with dual authorship. According to the Talmud, “Ezra wrote his book” (b. Bava Batra 15a). The Gemara then asks and answers, “And who finished it? Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.” Accordingly, the two are joined in the Leningrad Codex (ca. A.D. 1008), the manuscript upon which modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible (e.g., BHK and BHS) are based.

⁴ sn The name Nehemiah in Hebrew (נְחֶמְיָה, nÿkhemyah) means “the LORD comforts.”

⁵ tn That is, the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign (cf. 2:1).

⁶ tn Heb “Shushan.”

⁷ tn The words “will go up” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸ sn The Fish Gate was located on Jerusalem’s north side (cf. 2 Chr 33:14; Neh 3:3; 12:39).

⁹ tn Heb “from the second area.” This may refer to an area northwest of the temple where the rich lived (see Adele Berlin, Zephaniah [AB 25A], 86; cf. NASB, NRSV “the Second Quarter”; NIV “the New Quarter”).

¹⁰ tn Heb “great breaking.”