Nehemiah 3:2-3

3:2 The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them.

3:3 The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

Nehemiah 3:11

3:11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

Nehemiah 3:27

3:27 After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 9:16

9:16 “But they – our ancestors – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

Nehemiah 9:33

9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!

Nehemiah 11:31

11:31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

Nehemiah 12:1

The Priests and the Levites Who Returned to Jerusalem

12:1 These are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Nehemiah 13:23

13:23 Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.


map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

tn Heb “it.”

tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).

tn Heb “you have done truth.”

tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew MSS and the Syriac Peshitta וּמִבְּנֵי (umibbÿney, “and some of the descendants of”; cf. NLT) rather than the MT reading וּבְנֵי (uvÿne, “and the sons of”).

tc Heb “from Geba.” It is preferable to delete the preposition “from” read by the MT.

map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

tn Heb “who went up.”