Nehemiah 3:20

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.

Nehemiah 3:24

3:24 After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.

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, and up to the room above the corner.

Nehemiah 4:6

4:6 So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

Nehemiah 4:11

4:11 Our adversaries also boasted, “Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

Nehemiah 7:65

7:65 The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah 11:30

11:30 Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.


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

tn Heb “up to its half.”

tn Heb “the people had a heart to work.”

tn Heb “said.”

tn Heb “see.”

tn The Hebrew term תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata’; KJV “Tirshatha”) is the official title of a Persian governor in Judea. In meaning it may be similar to “excellency” (cf. NAB). See further BDB 1077 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395; HALOT 1798 s.v.

tn Heb “stood.”