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 ¹  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Nehemiah 3:19

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.

Nehemiah 6:8

6:8 I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. ²  All of this is a figment of your imagination.” ³ 

Nehemiah 12:36

12:36 and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of ⁴  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) ⁵ 

¹ 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”).

¹ tn Heb “We are not according to these matters that you are saying.”

² tn Heb “For from your heart you are inventing them.”

¹ tn Or “prescribed by” (NIV, NLT); TEV “of the kind played by.” The precise relationship of these musical instruments to David is not clear.

² tn Heb “was before them.”