Nehemiah 2:11

Nehemiah Arrives in Jerusalem

2:11 So I came to Jerusalem. ¹  When I had been there for three days,

Nehemiah 1:4

1:4 When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ²  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ³  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ⁴  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ⁵  as was required. ⁶ 

Nehemiah 13:6

13:6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, ⁷  for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time ⁸  I had requested leave of the king,

Nehemiah 5:18

5:18 Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Heb “sat down.” Context suggests that this was a rather sudden action, resulting from the emotional shock of the unpleasant news, so “abruptly” has been supplied in the present translation.

³ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “the last day.”

⁵ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Heb “to the end of days.”