Nehemiah 2:7

2:7 I said to the king, “If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates ¹  that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah,

Nehemiah 2:13

2:13 I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons ²  and the Dung Gate, ³  inspecting ⁴  the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah 3:16

3:16 Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

Nehemiah 3:25

3:25 After him Palal son of Uzai worked ⁵  opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace ⁶  of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

Nehemiah 3:31

3:31 After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, ⁷  and up to the room above the corner.

Nehemiah 6:7

6:7 You have also established prophets to announce ⁸  in Jerusalem ⁹  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.” ¹⁰ 

Nehemiah 8:13

8:13 On the second day of the month the family leaders ¹¹  met with ¹²  Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law.

¹ tn Heb “across the river,” here and often elsewhere in the Book of Nehemiah.

² tn Or “Well of the Serpents”; or “Well of the Jackals” (cf. ASV, NIV, NLT).

³ tn Or “Rubbish Gate” (so TEV); NASB “Refuse Gate”; NCV “Trash Gate”; CEV “Garbage Gate.”

⁴ tc For the MT reading שֹׂבֵר (sover, “inspecting”) the LXX erroneously has שֹׁבֵר (shover, “breaking”). However, further destruction of Jerusalem’s walls was obviously not a part of Nehemiah’s purpose.

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “house of the king.”

⁴ tn Heb “Miphkad Gate” (so TEV; KJV similar); NRSV “Muster Gate.”

⁵ tn Heb “call.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn Heb “Let us consult together.”

⁶ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “were gathered to”; NAB, NIV “gathered around”; NRSV “came together to.”