2:3 I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors 1 lies desolate and its gates destroyed 2 by fire?”
3:14 Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
7:61 These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify 4 their family connection 5 or their ancestry, 6 as to whether they were really from Israel):
1 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).
2 tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).
3 tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”
5 tn Heb “relate.”
6 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
7 tn Heb “their seed.”