Nehemiah 2:3

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?”

Nehemiah 3:6-7

3:6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. ³  They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. 3:7 Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction ⁴  of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

Nehemiah 3:10-11

3:10 Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite ⁵  his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him. 3:11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

Nehemiah 3:14

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.

Nehemiah 3:17

3:17 After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and ⁶  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Nehemiah 3:19-21

3:19 Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress. 3:20 After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 3:21 After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of it. ⁷ 

Nehemiah 3:25

3:25 After him Palal son of Uzai worked ⁸  opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace ⁹  of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

Nehemiah 4:23

4:23 We did not change clothes ¹⁰  – not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water. ¹¹ 

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ¹²  in Jerusalem ¹³  on your behalf, ‘We have a king in Judah!’ Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let’s talk about this.” ¹⁴ 

Nehemiah 7:7

7:7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelite men ¹⁵  was as follows:

Nehemiah 7:45

7:45 The gatekeepers:

the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138.

Nehemiah 7:67

7:67 not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers.

Nehemiah 7:69

7:69 (7:68) ¹⁶  435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

Nehemiah 8:12

8:12 So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food ¹⁷  with others ¹⁸  and to enjoy tremendous joy, ¹⁹  for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them.

¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 5).

² tn Heb “devoured” or “eaten” (so also in Neh 2:13).

³ tn Or “the Old Gate” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

⁵ tn Heb “to the seat.”

⁷ tc The translation reads נֶגֶד (neged, “before”) with a few medieval Hebrew MSS, some MSS of the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate, rather than וְנֶגֶד (vÿneged, “and before”) of the MT.

⁹ tc The translation reads וְעַל (vÿ’al, “and unto”) with several medieval Hebrew MSS and some MSS of LXX, rather than the MT reading עַל (’al, “unto”).

¹¹ tn Heb “the house of Eliashib.” This has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³ tc The MT lacks the phrase אַחֲרָיו הֶחֱזִיק (’akharayv hekheziq, “after him worked”). This phrase is used repeatedly in Neh 3:16-31 to introduce each worker and his location. It probably dropped out accidentally through haplography.

¹⁴ tn Heb “house of the king.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “strip off our garments.”

¹⁶ tc Heb “a man, his weapon, the waters.” The MT, if in fact it is correct, is elliptical and difficult. Some scholars emend the MT reading הַמָּיִם (hammayim, “the waters”) to בִּמִנוֹ (bimino, “in his right hand”; cf. NAB, NRSV) or מִינוּ(י)הֵ (heminu, “they held on the right side”).

¹⁷ tn Heb “call.”

¹⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁹ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “the men of the people of Israel.” Some English versions translate as “the people from Israel” (NCV) or “the Israelite people” (NRSV), but “men” should be retained because the following numbers presumably include only adult males.

²¹ tc Most Hebrew MSS omit 7:68 ET, which reads “They had 736 horses, 245 mules,” and thus have one less verse in chap. 7, ending the chapter at 7:72. This verse is included in the LXX and most English versions. Cf. Ezra 2:66.

²³ tn Heb “to send portions.”

²⁴ tn The Hebrew text does not include the phrase “with others” but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

²⁵ tn Heb “to make great joy.”