Nehemiah 2:10

2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official ¹  heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

Nehemiah 2:12

2:12 I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one ²  I was riding.

Nehemiah 9:29

9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, ³  will live. They boldly turned from you; ⁴  they rebelled ⁵  and did not obey.

¹ tn Heb “servant” (so KJV, ASV; NAB “slave”; NCV “officer.” This phrase also occurs in v. 19.

² tn Heb “the animal.”

³ tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

⁴ tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”

⁵ tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”